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Forty Signs of Rain
Having tackled the environmental politics of Mars and Antarctica, Kim Stanley Robinson took on the challenge of global warming. Forty Signs of Rain is the first instalment of a trilogy and should not be judged as a stand-alone novel. Most of it … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Fiction, science fiction
Tagged climate change, Forty Signs of Rain, global warming, Kim Stanley Robinson
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A Prehistoric Giant African Weasel
When I was a boy I got interested in the mammals of the world – including a particular affection for the Mustelidae, or weasel family. I guess that’s why it struck a chord when I found out about a large … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Prehistory
Tagged Africa, Deep Time, Ekorus, Evolving Eden, mammals, Mustelidae
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Jean Hegland’s Into the Forest
I first heard about Jean Hegland’s novel Into the Forest in an Interzone review by David Pringle in 1998, two years after the book was published. Hegland is a West Coast author and Pringle positioned her novel in a subgenre … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Fiction, science fiction
Tagged California SF, David Pringle, dystopia, Into the Forest, Jean Hegland, Ursula Le Guin, utopia
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Review: Words of Re-Enchantment by Anthony Nanson – by Lorna Smithers
Originally posted on GODS & RADICALS:
Anthony Nanson is a storyteller and writer based in Stroud. He currently runs Awen Publications. Words of Re-Enchantment: Writings on Storytelling, Myth and Ecological Desire is a collection of essays originally written for various…
Posted in Ecology, Mythology, Storytelling
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Cycling Back to the South Pacific
One thing I always intended to blog about was my field research for Deep Time. I’ve done a post about the trip to Gabon, but not yet about the one to New Caledonia – and now I’m about to return … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Travel
Tagged Cretaceous, cycling, Deep Time, flora, New Caledonia, novel, prehistoric, trees
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Reptile and Amphibian Memories
There are not too many dinosaurs in Britain today, unless you count the birds. And as a kid with my animal books I was underwhelmed by the slender list of living reptiles this country boasts: three kinds of snake and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Memoir
Tagged amphibian, Cold Blood, conservation, nature writing, nostalgia, reptile, Richard Kerridge
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Words of Re-enchantment – by Nimue Brown
Originally posted on Druid Life:
Anthony Nanson’s ‘Words of re-enchantment’ is a collection of essays which its subtitle labels as storytelling, myth and ecological desire. I’d go a lot further than this, because it’s a relevant book for anyone wanting…
Posted in Ecology, Mythology, Storytelling
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