Biotic Invasions
Ecological Imperialism in New Wave Science Fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23240293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rob Latham (0000-0002-5285-6375, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 103-119 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Yearbook of English Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-2473 • E-ISSN: 2222-4289 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/yes.2007.0008 |
| OpenAlex | W4296579469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
This essay examines a spate of "SF" novels and stories by Thomas M. Disch, J. G. Ballard, and others published during the 1960s and 70s that address imminent threats to human survival. Replacing 1950s-era tales of nuclear annihilation, these texts envisioned less immediate, but no less apocalyptic, scenarios involving the wholesale extinction of life on earth. The discussion attempts to place these works in the larger context of the growth of ecological science and the environmental movement, which inspired specific consciousness-raising efforts such as Disch's 1971 theme anthology "The Ruins of Earth", and Susan Glicksohn's ecologically oriented fanzine from the 1970s, "Aspidistra." The overall goal of the essay is to see how SF began to take a critical, species-wide view of the technological 'progress' that the genre had traditionally celebrated.
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Consciousness · Context (archaeology) · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Literature · Raising (metalworking) · Sociology · Theme (computing) · Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution · Ecology · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · History · Philosophy · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
“Do you think it is a Pandemic?” Apocalypse, Anxiety and the Environmental Grotesque in Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl
Against the Anthropocene? Epidemics in J.G. Ballard's Short Stories
Pandemic Apocalypse In Between Dystopias
The Worm and the Ecologist
Indigenous Influences on Early Ecofeminist Utopias
The sheep look forward
Socio-ecological impact of forest legislations on forest and forest-people of Jhargram District, West Bengal
Jungle Dreams”
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |