Sunday, September 14, 2025

Eight titles marrying climate fiction with technology

Carolina Ciucci is a teacher, writer and reviewer based in the south of Argentina. She hoards books like they’re going out of style. In case of emergency, you can summon her by talking about Ireland, fictional witches, and the Brontë family. At Book Riot she tagged eight books marrying climate fiction with technology.

One title on the list:
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

In this novel, climate change continues to cause natural disasters, like a cyclic sandstorm called Red Eye in futuristic Nigeria. Anwuli, a disabled Igbo woman, upgrades unformed or weakened body parts with cybernetic prosthetics. But when an attack makes her a wanted woman, Anwuli’s life takes a turn.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue