'Terms have been coined to describe novels that do not ignore climate catastrophe and ecological collapse: ‘cli-fi’, ‘eco-fiction,’ ‘speculative fiction’. It ghettoizes the subject'

Terms have been coined to describe novels that do not ignore climate catastrophe and ecological collapse: ‘cli-fi’, ‘eco-fiction,’ ‘speculative fiction’. ‘Cli-fi’ is especially revealing, bracketing such stories alongside science fiction, as imaginative dystopias.