The Drowned world is the first book I have read for this project, and quite a short one, at 175 pages. It’s also the oldest out of the novels I selected, being first published in 1962, while the others I have chosen were published in the 80’s or post 2000. It follows Dr Robert Kerans, one of a group of scientists surveying the city, who begins having strange dreams about the sun, and starts to become disconnected from modern society, and unwilling to leave the flooded, iguana infested city of London.
‘ The protagonist, Dr Robert Kerans’ unwillingness to leave or change the fate of the city, makes for an interesting read, as the book, rather than looking at ways to fight the changing climate, looks at the way humans might adapt instead, and raises the question: is the world ours to change anyway?
Science Fiction and Climate change 