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The Works of Arthur Herzog and a Talk with his Widow Leslie

The tradition of fiction about climate change goes way back–you could say all the way back to narratives of old that were spoken or written. The canon began before we knew more about our modern human-caused climate variations, even before sci-fi writers imagined such climate disasters. The Science Fiction Encyclopedia […]

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Body Parts, Arthur Herzog

From imagination to materialism, the provocative stories in “Body Parts” cover the bases. Can brains survive without bodies?  From Arthur Herzog’s widow Leslie: Every time Arthur’s books were in galleys, he would write a short story and then throw it in a box, which I found in the attic. I made […]

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Beyond Sci-Fi, Arthur Herzog

“Beyond Sci-Fi” includes a collection of short stories and novella. “The Ark of Arrogance” is the story of refugees living on an ark as means of survival due to a massive flood on Long Island. Escaping on the ark doesn’t provide safety, but instead brings catastrophic results, including mayhem, martial […]

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Orca, Arthur Herzog

Orca–the killer whale–is one of the most intelligent creatures in the universe. He hunts in packs, like a wolf. Incredibly, he is the only animal other than man who kills for revenge. He has one mate, and if she is harmed by man, he will hunt down that person with […]

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The Swarm, Arthur Herzog

Then [bee] terror began to spread–terror that was to erupt into a national panic as the strange, seemingly purposeful murderous attacks of a new and vicious species of bees began to mount. Against this background, a band of scientists draw upon their knowledge to fight an enemy they only partly […]

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Polar Swap, Arthur Herzog

Four Americans seek refuge from skin cancer which has become an epidemic in the US. They meet in Canada where one has rented a gothic house close to the Eskimo village which add to the trouble. They fear the earths magnetic poles will trade places and exterminate the human race. […]

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Earthsound, Arthur Herzog

“A piercing shriek of fear and panic from page one to the shaking end!” —Cleveland Press Eerie suspense…Arthur Herzog’s The Swarm was mighty scary, but Earthsound is even more so!” —Publishers Weekly Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads

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Heat, Arthur Herzog

One of the earliest climate change novels. With uncanny skill, Arthur Herzog, best-selling author of The Swarm and Earthsound has blended fiction and fact into a terrifying and highly plausible story of the near future: a time when tensions mount as ecological doom beckons. Lawrence Pick, engineer, gathers startling evidence […]

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Contributors

Dragonfly.eco has become a collaborative project. Thanks so very much to the following folks for sending in guest posts, story excerpts, and their time for interviews: Brian Adams, author of Love in the Time of Climate Change Michael Mohammed Ahmad, editor of After Australia Aithal, author of The Galaxy Series […]

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Climate Change Author Spotlight – Susan M. Gaines

Back to the series October’s spotlight (marking the series’ one-year anniversary) is on Susan M. Gaines, who wrote Carbon Dreams, her first published novel–and she has just completed another. Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals, such as the North American Review and the Missouri Review, […]

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Interview with Don Bredes, Polly and the One and Only World

Meet author Don Bredes, whose debut novel Hard Feelings was named Best Book of the Year for Young Adults by the American Library Association. Bredes is back with another YA novel, Polly and the One and Only World, a fantasy apocalyptic novel ushering in a vision of a future world […]

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Cli-fi: a Short Essay on its Worlds and its Importance

Copyright and written by Gregers Andersen, sent in 2014 to this site for publication after a personal discussion with its author. Because it has been plagiarized by the same individual twice now, I ask that you please respect the copyright and contact Gregers Andersen if you wish to reprint this […]

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