Defying Futility: The Fairhaven Stories

The standalone companion volume to the award-winningFairhaven: A Novel of Climate Optimism.

Is disaster inevitable?

Defying FutilityThe Fairhaven Storiesoffers thirteen stories by the authors of the award-winning climate fictionFairhaven A Novel of Climate Optimismthat offer a definitive answer to this question, with a range of creative, heartwarming tales that showcase how real disasters in history might have gone differently.

Instead of a Black Mirror future, the stories are a Green Mirror alternative.Defying FutilityandFairhavenare perfect for readers ofKim Stanley RobinsonsMinistry for the Futureand Neal StephensonsTermination Shock.

How could the passengers on theTitanicbe saved? Could the devastation of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake have been mitigated? What could have prevented the industrial disasters in Flixborough and Chernobyl and how might that have changed our history?

Defying Futilitycovers an ambitious range of locations, situations, and cultures spanning nearly a century. They parallel the common disaster we face today: climate change. The various methods used to adapt to, prevent, or mitigate the impact of the disasters are designed to offer inspiration to readers who are eager to address the global climate crisis. These stories can help address climate anxiety both for adults and young adults.

The stories ofDefying Futilityare counterfactual or alternate history; in real life, these calamities actually happened, with tragic results. While we cant change history, we can envision a situation where the impact of a disaster was reduced, or even prevented entirely and we can envision a collective future where we have done the same.

PRODUCT DETAILS :

DIMENSIONS : 5 x 0.8 x 8 inches
WEIGHT : 422 g