Our planet is moving faster than science fiction - Bradley

J

ames Bradley has a sense that the planet is moving faster than science fiction.

"Clade" by James
Bradley.

Bradley, whose latest science fiction book, “Clade”, talks about the motivations for his latest book with freelance writer, Megan Toomey.

Her story - “A planet that outpaces science fiction” – is published in the latest edition of Cosmo.

In discussing why he wrote Clade, Bradley said, “A lot of people feel a sense of grief about what’s going on, a sense that something is wrong and that we need to do something about it. And I guess what I wanted to do was find a way of making that make sense to myself.”

John enjoys 'Clade' in the new genre of 'cli-fi' writing

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Cli-Fi” is the new genre in writing.

John Lewis - he found "Clade"
 moving and ultimately uplifting.

And it was Shepparton News reporter and Beneath the Wisteria supporter, John Lewis, who recently read one of these books and said:

“Just thought I’d tell you – I’ve just finished reading a fascinating Australian novel about the near future called Clade, by James Bradley.

“It deals with the generation effect of climate change, not in an overly dramatic or dystopian way, but in close human relations and the effect on families.

“It talks about the shrinking of the ice caps, loss of species, and plagues – from a poignant personal perspective involving several characters in a time scale of 2015 to 2057.

“It’s a novel, and not heavy on the science, but I found it a moving and ultimately uplifting account of the human experience of climate change,” John wrote.

The book is reviewed in a report in the Sydney Morning Herald - “James Bradley's Clade finds glimmer of hope in extreme future”.