tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post3703544437061927671..comments2024-01-30T09:28:20.715+01:00Comments on Val's Random Comments: Drowned Worlds - Jonathan StrahanValashainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13766127527509268224noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-143650430291117502016-07-22T13:39:43.282+02:002016-07-22T13:39:43.282+02:00Blue Mars was the first Robinson book I read. I th...Blue Mars was the first Robinson book I read. I thought it was amazing back then (despite not realizing it was part three until I was 200 pages is). Antarctica covers some of the same terrain. It gives some thoughts about its futere beyond the Antarctictreaty which are already outdated (treaty has been renewed). <br />I read the Science in the Capital series more recently than the Mars books and Valashainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766127527509268224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-25780128264326656492016-07-22T13:13:17.574+02:002016-07-22T13:13:17.574+02:00Bacigalupi's The Drowned Cities and Ship Break...Bacigalupi's The Drowned Cities and Ship Breaker are set in a world inundated with water, but like you said, Bacigalupi tends to focus on the dramatic elements as much as, if not more than the environmental elements. His novels are more similar to the stories in Strahan's anthology than Robinson's novels. <br /><br />I have Antarctica sitting on the shelf. I've heard it Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-24185302245650539762016-07-21T09:50:00.045+02:002016-07-21T09:50:00.045+02:00The Windup Girl by Bacigalupi to an extend, and Th...The Windup Girl by Bacigalupi to an extend, and The Waterknife. Most of his environmental themes are somehow linked to climate change. He tends to link it to societies where people go for each other's troat when the going get tough though. Robinson is the master as far as I am concerned. Antarctica is another book that directly deals with climate change. It is loosely tied to the Science in Valashainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766127527509268224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-8957663949241386042016-07-21T09:37:34.695+02:002016-07-21T09:37:34.695+02:00In writing my review of Strahan's anthology, I...In writing my review of Strahan's anthology, I was trying to think of books or stories that utilize a drowned world scenario but apply a more critical or scientific view to the causes. Kim Stanley Robinson's Science in the Capital series came quickly to mind, but I could think of nothing further at the time. I've since thought of Bruce Sterling's The Caryatids as another more Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-2653160041266818762016-07-18T19:33:01.944+02:002016-07-18T19:33:01.944+02:00It was wasted potential I suppose. But then, I am ...It was wasted potential I suppose. But then, I am hard to please in this respect. ;)Valashainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766127527509268224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-91708269400378060102016-07-18T10:40:41.300+02:002016-07-18T10:40:41.300+02:00Fully agreed. I really like your "parade of ...Fully agreed. I really like your "parade of half-hearted images" as "a backdrop without really engaging thematically" in the anthology's theme. For sure more could have been done by the authors/Strahan. The dire situation he describes in the intro just doesn't match the seriousness of the stories. I know you enjoy environmental engineering, which must make the Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.com