Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones | SUNY Press Open Access | Perfect for Book Clubs & Literary Studies
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A broad examination of climate fantasy and science fiction, from The Lord of the Rings and the Narnia series to The Handmaid's Tale and Game of Thrones.Fellow Inklings J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis may have belonged to different branches of Christianity, but they both made use of a faith-based environmentalist ethic to counter the mid-twentieth-century's triple threats of fascism, utilitarianism, and industrial capitalism. In Fire and Snow, Marc DiPaolo explores how the apocalyptic fantasy tropes and Christian environmental ethics of the Middle-earth and Narnia sagas have been adapted by a variety of recent writers and filmmakers of "climate fiction," a growing literary and cinematic genre that grapples with the real-world concerns of climate change, endless wars, and fascism, as well as the role religion plays in easing or escalating these apocalyptic-level crises. Among the many other well-known climate fiction narratives examined in these pages are Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, The Handmaid's Tale, Mad Max, and Doctor Who. Although the authors of these works stake out ideological territory that differs from Tolkien's and Lewis's, DiPaolo argues that they nevertheless mirror their predecessors' ecological concerns. The Christians, Jews, atheists, and agnostics who penned these works agree that we all need to put aside our cultural differences and transcend our personal, socioeconomic circumstances to work together to save the environment. Taken together, these works of climate fiction model various ways in which a deep ecological solidarity might be achieved across a broad ideological and cultural spectrum.This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to Knowledge Unlatched-an initiative that provides libraries and institutions with a centralized platform to support OA collections and from leading publishing houses and OA initiatives. Learn more at the Knowledge Unlatched website at: https://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/, and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7137.
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When I was a young undergraduate, I could not have fathomed the possibility of scholarship on some of the most impactful narratives of my childhood—stories of the fantastical and speculative. I took great pleasure, therefore, in reading Marc DiPaolo’s Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones. It is a comprehensive examination of the kind of stories that were once dismissed as “escapist” that reveals just how relevant they are to a sustained and compassionate understanding of the stewardship of the planet’s environment and health, and also the creature that has the greatest impact on the earth—Homo sapiens. And though DiPaolo makes evident through his clear and engaging writing that he is a fan of the works under examination, he is no mere fanboy. Rather, DiPaolo frames works that I would not have thought to yoke together—for instance, A Song of Ice and Fire (i.e., Game of Thrones) with Star Trek, with consistently spectacular results. Because of such intriguing juxtapositions, Fire and Snow takes illuminating and insightful turns to reveal what capitalism, fascism, and racism have wrought upon our understanding of the environment. DiPaolo pulls out all the stops in this massive work of scholarship, but don’t let the length worry you. Rarely have I read a scholarly work that I would call a page-turner, but DiPaolo has succeeded with what seems like maddening ease. It is the sort of book I wish I had written.Fire and Snow makes us see many of these familiar stories as if for the first time, and that is due to DiPaolo’s depth of knowledge and intensity of research. Though he is the author of many notable books, this is the one that reads like a love letter to speculative and cli-fi (climate fiction) narratives. I was blown away by the sheer scope and granular detail of the book. Fire and Snow is a must have for the bookshelf!
