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- April 07
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- Danny Bloom is a global citizen who helped midwife, er, midhusband, Jim Laughter's new cli fi novel titled POLAR CITY RED, now for sale worldwide, google the title to find ordering info. In the distant future—some say the near future—North America, northern Asia and Europe will see millions of climate refugees from southern lands trekking northward, and the entire Lower 48 might be under threat from the devastating impacts of “climate chaos” —from rising sea levels to a scary scarcity of food, fuel and shelter.
Polar City Red is set in an imagined Alaska in the year 2075. But it could just as well be Tokyo or Oslo or Berlin. Global warming is borderless, and so are our fears.
“A thought experiment that might prod people out of their comfort zone on climate.” —New York Times
“Planning a good retreat is always a good measure of generalship. The retreat will be toward the poles.” —New York Times
“We cannot regard the future of the civilized world in the same way as we see our personal futures. The planet may have already passed the tipping point on global warming. Is it already too late? Are the well-intentioned preservation campaigns just feel-good window dressing?” —James Lovelock, CBE, FRS, author of Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (2000)
“We’re seeing the collapse of the Arctic sea ice. This year (2011) alone, planet Earth lost an area of Arctic sea ice twice the size of British Columbia. The impact on the entire global climate system will be enormous—the Arctic sea ice is the canary in the coal mine, and the canary is almost dead.” —Dr. Michael Byers, Professor of Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia
MY RECENT POSTS
- The Asia News Network (ANN)
which is a pan-Asian news
networ
May 14, 2013 12:10AM - OPED -- ''Distracted by
Feeling'' [Jason Rice
commentary]
May 12, 2013 12:32AM - In a warming world, 'cli fi'
is a literary term that works
May 02, 2013 09:48AM - Book gives JFK conspiracy
theories new ammunition
April 15, 2013 01:16AM - NOVEMBER 22, 1963: A DAY THAT
CHANGED AMERICA
April 14, 2013 10:47PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “NEW UPDATE -- In a
Warming World, 'Cli-Fi' Is
Here to
Stay
TheWrap
(blog)
More
than…”
May 03, 2013 11:33PM - “Thanks. My question is
what stars aren't there
because they
didn't want to
pay, a…”
April 15, 2013 10:14PM - “Thanks. My question is
what stars aren't there
because they
didn't want to
pay, a…”
April 15, 2013 10:14PM - “a Professor tells me:
"Thanks. My question is what
stars
aren't there
becaus…”
April 15, 2013 10:13PM - “So here is a question
for Kirsten Acuna and other
reporters:
is this ethical? I
m…”
April 15, 2013 01:42AM
Danbloom's Links
The Asia News Network (ANN) which is a pan-Asian news networ
The Asia News Network (ANN) which is a pan-Asian news network
comprised of 22 member newspapers from 19 countries, recently sponsored a logo design contest, with the
winning design coming in from a French artist living in the
Philippines named Pierre-Emmanuel Michel.
The ANN board laun… Read full post »
OPED -- ''Distracted by Feeling'' [Jason Rice commentary]
Invited guest blogger Jason Rice writes:
In a recent review that I did of a new novel titled "Odds Against Tomorrow" by Nathaniel Rich, a well-promoted ''cli fi'' book about the end of the world, which actually felt like a really smart Michael Bay film, I touched on its lack of… Read full post »
In a warming world, 'cli fi' is a literary term that works
by Danny Bloom
More than a year ago, I wrote a blog post at The Wrap headlined
"The Next Big
Genre: 'Cli-Fi' -- Climate Fiction, in
Which 'Mad Max' Meets 'The
Road'" and now WORD SPY crediting me with the coinage: http://www.wordspy.com/words/cli-fi.asp
And now also comes NPR and the Chr… Read full post »
Book gives JFK conspiracy theories new ammunition
Back in May of 2012, I posted a story here headlined "Lee Harvey Oswald Tried to Prevent JFK Assassination, Manuscript Says," and the post got dozens of conspiracy-oriented comments, pro and con. Now the book, a ''nonfiction novel,'' whatever those things are, has been published.
Is America r… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 22, 1963: A DAY THAT CHANGED AMERICA
SCOOP! --
Doug Brode's new "nonfiction novel" retells the Kennedy assassination from Oswald's perspective
Douglas Brode's new novel is titled "'Patsy!': The Life and Times of Lee Harvey Oswald" and… Read full post »
Roger Ebert told me to look into how the Oscars are 'bought'
Long live Roger Ebert. I followed his life, and his personal
blog, for
the last several years and even corresponded with him from time
to
time. He replied to me, too. He was that kind of guy. A true
American,
the real McCoy, and a great film critic and writer as well. Plus,
more
than… Read full post »
Roger and me: Ebert showed me how the Oscars are 'bought'
the last several years and even corresponded with him from time to
time. He replied to me, too. He was that kind of guy. A true American,
the real McCoy, and a great film critic and writer as well. Plus,… Read full post »
Roger Ebert was not really 'awarded' a Walk of Fame star
Roger Ebert was not 'awarded' a Walk of Fame star; a group of his pals in Chicago paid for it. Roger admitted this to me a few years ago when I asked him about it. Read on.
In all due respect to the late great Roger Ebert, after his death
the… Read full post »
Can one ever quit Judaism? "Never', goes a new 'joke'
all the time, thanks to the internet and free websites. I often surf the net
not looking for anything in particular but always on the look-out for something
that tickles my fancy and puts my waking brain into overdrive.
I've written about this story onl… Read full post »
Were parts of 'Les Miz" movie songs, er, dubbed?
With lip-synching trending, did 'Les Miserables' use any?
authenticity to perfection," journalist Gary Younge explained how
public deception, "be it
LES MISERABLES the movie accused of deceit in LIVE singing
With lip-synching trending, did 'Les Miserables' use any?
authenticity to
For Taiwanese climate artist, time is of the essence
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND: The '921' killer earthquake in 1999 in Taiwan inspired Vincent Huang to devote himself to environmental and climate-related issues on a global scale. In late November he travels to Qatar to attend a major U.N. climate conference in Doha.
For Taiwanese eco-artist Vincent J.F. Huan… Read full post »
Alaska must face reality of 'polar cities' in future
In two recent international news articles about climate change ("How much more proof is needed for people to act" and "Ignoring the future - the psychology of denial"), the importance of facing major issues that will confront the future of the human species were emphasized.
Climate change is indeed
Jewish woman building motorscooter 'bridges' with Taiwan
Peter Starr, called the "Spielberg of motorcycle moviemaking" by his friend Jay Leno, is building a unique sort of bridge to Taiwan with the help of a small group of elderly motorcycle enthusiasts in America.
Starr made 40 motorcycle racing movies from the 1970s to the 1990s. Now 69, Starr… Read full post »
"Botanicaust" novelist coins new 'sci fi' term
Having lived in Alaska for 10 years in the
1980s, I often browse the online newspapers in Juneau and
Fairbanks
from my electronic lair here in Taiwan, and the other day I came
across an
arresting term I had never heard of before -- "botanicaust."
The
newly-minted word is
the title of a new sci fi… Read full post »
Destination Reading: Journalism which readers seek out
In a
recent interview with Louis Peck for Bethesda Magazine,
Marcus Brauchli -- who holds the distinction of having served
as top editor
at not one, but two, of America’s most influential newspapers
-- used the term DESTINATION READING in
answering one of Peck's many questions:
http://www.be… Read full post »
Iconic Crying Glacier Face Photo Called Into Question
Iconic Crying Glacier Face Photo
JR the French street artist is Jewish
JR strictly guards his personal history, but he admits this much to Krusto Lu Stout at CNN's Talk Asia show in Hong Kong: his mother is from Tunisia, his father is of East European Jewish heritage and JR's last name is a French Jewish name as well. He grew up with… Read full post »
Iconic Crying Glacier Face Foto Called Into Question
An article in REASON magazine in 2009 was not endorsing
the photo whatever its provenance; the
point
is that Nick Gillespie was making fun of Gaia-worship.
Now there is some circumstanital evidence, not proven, that the glacier crying face photo from 2009 was fake and was faked not by the p… Read full post »
Iconic Crying Glacier Face Photo Called Into Question
I have some circumstantial photo evidence re smoking gun re that this photo was photoshopped by the UK tabloid wire service, not the photographer himself but by the agency that bought the raw photo negative from him in 2009.
contact me ASAP re -
‘Kindertransport’ novel from UK deserves USA edition, too
When the British novel titled ''The English German Girl'' was published in London in 2011, the deeply-felt ”kindertransport”-themed book received high praise and good reviews in England. But for some odd reason tt was never released in America and never reviewed in the New York… Read full post »
‘Kindertransport’ novel from UK deserves USA edition, too
When the British novel titled ''The English German Girl'' was published in London in 2011, the deeply-felt ”kindertransport”-themed book received high praise and good reviews in England. But for some odd reason tt was never released in America and never reviewed in the New York… Read full post »
Hakka children's song on Taiwan TV - Hang Hang Liao Liao
9:36 minutes into the news show you can hear HANG HANG LIAO LIAO news
http://ap.ch5.tv/phpplay/publish.php?PHPSESSID=204549623650603166e3c23&url_id=189393&embedskin= Read full post »
Negative book review turns producer into optimist-Go figure.
Text by Albert Walton, Seattle Washington
Be careful what you wish for. When I set out last year to produce a sci fi novel
about climate chaos in the future and was lucky enough online to find a writer
to pen the book, I expected a big… Read full post »
Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
Salon.com