Today, weather extremes brought about by anthropogenic climate
change pose relentless cognitive and imaginative challenges. Beyond
news media, what are the cultural registers of this phenomenon? How
can artistic and literary engagements with destabilizing natural
patterns summon new planetary imaginaries-reorienting perspectives
on humanity's position within the environment? A Year Without a
Winter brings together science fiction, history, visual art, and
exploration. Inspired by the literary 'dare' that would give birth
to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein amidst the aftermath of a massive
volcanic eruption, and today, by the utopian architecture of Paolo
Soleri and the Arizona desert, expeditions to Antarctica and
Indonesia, this collection reframes the relationship among climate,
crisis, and creation. The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, on the
Indonesian island of Sumbawa, enveloped the globe in a cloud of
ash, causing a climate crisis. By 1816, remembered as the 'year
without a summer,' the northern hemisphere was plunged into cold
and darkness. Amidst unseasonal frosts, violent thunderstorms, and
a general atmosphere of horror, Shelley began a work of science
fiction that continues to shape attitudes to emerging science,
technology, and environmental futures. Two hundred years later, in
2016, the hottest year on historical record, four renowned science
fiction authors were invited to the experimental town of Arcosanti,
Paolo Soleri's prototype for arcology, to respond to our present
crisis. A Year Without a Winter presents their stories alongside
critical essays, extracts from Shelley's masterpiece, and
dispatches from expeditions to extreme geographies. Broad and
ambitious in scope, this book is a collective thought experiment
retracing an inverted path through narrative extremes. A Year
Without a Winter is edited by Dehlia Hannah in collaboration with
science fiction editors Brenda Cooper, Joey Eschrich, and Cynthia
Selin. The book includes a suite of commissioned stories by Tobias
Buckell, Nancy Kress, Nnedi Okorafor, and Vandana Singh; essays by
Dehlia Hannah, Gillen D'Arcy Wood, James Graham, Hilairy Hartnett,
David Higgins, Nadim Samman, and Pablo Suarez; artwork by Julian
Charriere and Karolina Sobecka; and literary excerpts by Mary
Shelley and Lord Byron.
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