Literary Fiction
McSweeney's Issue 58
2019·184 pages
A collection of speculative fiction set in 2040, exploring the dire consequences of climate change across global settings.
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A collection of speculative fiction set in 2040, exploring the dire consequences of climate change across global settings.
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Global in scope, each story is set in the year 2040 and imagines what the world might look like if the dire warnings issued by the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C were to come true. Using fiction--informed here and there by realism and climate science--this issue explores the tangible, day-to-day implications of these cataclysmic scientific projections. Featuring Tommy Orange, Elif Shafak, Luis Alberto Urrea, Asja Bakic, and more, spanning six continents and nine countries--from metro...
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Romance & sex
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Minor references to sexual themes; not explicit or central. Sexual coercion or threat in isolated stories.
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Substance use
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Central focus on climate change and its global societal impacts.
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Abuse & suffering
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Moderate depictions of emotional or systemic suffering in some pieces. Sexual coercion or threat in isolated stories.
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