In a way, Boomer Lit has been around for ever. Any book dealing with the challenges of “mature life” (meaning over 50) could be said to be “Boomer Lit”. And now that some 78 million baby boomers in the US have reached 50 or are older – and that’s a big segment of the American…
Tag: genre fiction
Why Science Fiction is Important
This morning Amazon reminded me of what matters in Science Fiction and why it is not useless fantasy but a very serious literary genre that is able to raise deep existential issues and make us think. Here is what I got in my email box: Your Amazon.com Today’s Deals See All Departments Customers who have…
Interview with the Father of Cli Fi: How this New Genre Was Born is Revealed
American climate activist Dan Bloom visiting a local university in Taiwan to do some research on climate change issues My blog post about Climate Fiction, a “hot new genre” (here) led me to “virtually” meet Dan Bloom, the journalist and “green” activist who coined the term “Cli Fi”. I was very happy to meet him,…
Claude Forthomme 