Dale Jamieson, Bonnie Nadzam Love in the Anthropocene

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An audacious collaboration between an award-winning novelist and a leading environmental philosopher,Love in the Anthropocenetaps into one of the hottest topics of the day, literally and figurativelyour corrupted environmentto deliver five related stories (Flyfishing, Carbon, Holiday, Shanghai, and Zoo) that investigate a future bereft of natural environments, introduced with a discussion on the Anthropocenethe Age of Humanityand concluding with an essay on love.The love these writer/philosophers investigate and celebrate is as much a constant as is human despoliation of the planet; it is what defines us, and it is what may save us. Science fiction, literary fiction, philosophical meditation, manifesto? All the above. This unique work is destined to become an essential companiona primer, reallyto life in the 21st century.