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From: James Elliott <libraryjim>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:17:42 -0400 (EDT)
Well, you could always preface the recommendation with: "to get another point of view on the question, you might enjoy the sci-fi novel ...."
I see no need to mention his politics. After all, most of the writings on climate change is going to be influenced by someone's political views in one way or another.
Jim Elliott Florida
----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Mendoza Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Eco Reading
Looks like Mr. Niven's self-proclaimed Libertarian allegiance has had free rein/reign in this one. Would one alert teen readers to that when making the recommendation?
Jean M.
>>> James Elliott 06/02/09 12:43 PM >>>
One book I ALWAYS recommend for teen readers when looking for Science Fiction, and who are also interested in climate change is "Fallen Angels" by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn.
Fortunately, it's Online, so if the Library doesn't have a copy, it's simple for them to access the Baen Books website and read it online:
http://www.baen.com/library/067172052X/067172052X.htm
A few summaries:
Reeling under a new ice age, the lunatic fringe of the environmental movement controls the US government. Abandoned by Earth, the space colonies replenish their air by scoop-ships diving into the Earth's atmosphere - but Alex and Gordon's ship was hit by a missile, and they are now wanted dead or alive.
and
When a new technology-free government of the United States is elected to counteract the onset of the greenhouse effect, a devastating ice age results, and two hunted Space Hab astronauts become the planet's only hope for survival.
and
In a near future, the climate is wrecked, polar ice extends down through Dakota and the citizens of American have given themselves over, in the name of conservation, to an overbearing and pervasive government. Science has been rejected as elitist and technology as destructive. The American government no longer supports the surviving space stations and they struggle to continue with inadequate resources.
When two space pilots crash-land in North Dakota, the government is after them. If caught they'll face the full weight of the law, the space stations will be one step closer to collapse, and the once-bright future of civilization will dim a little more.
So it's left to an unlikely group of supporters to rescue the astronauts. And who is this unlikely saviours? SF Fandom, of course. The fans themselves will (band together to) rescue their astronaut heroes.
and
One minute the two space Hab astronauts were scoop-diving the atmosphere, the next they'd been shot down over the North Dakota Glacier and were the object of a massive manhunt by the United States government.
That government, dedicated to saving the environment from the evils of technology, had been voted into power because everybody knew that the Green House Effect had to be controlled, whatever the cost. But who would have thought that the cost of ending pollution would include not only total government control of day-to-day life, but the onset of a new Ice Age
Stranded in the anti-technological heartland of America, paralyzed by Earth's gravity, the "Angels" had no way back to the Space Habs, the last bastions of high technology and intellectual freedom on or over the Earth. But help was on its way, help from the most unlikely sources ....
Join # 1 national bestsellers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn in a world where civilization is on the ropes, and the environmentalists have created their own worst nightmare.
Happy Reading Jim Elliott Florida
----- Original Message ----- From: Megan Schliesman
June
First Two Weeks: Eco-Reading: Books about Nature and the Environment.
From picture books that invite appreciation for the natural world to action-oriented titles those for older children and teens that raise the red flag on global warming and climate change, we?ll spend the first part of June discussing books for children and teens about nature and the environment.
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Received on Wed 03 Jun 2009 05:17:42 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:17:42 -0400 (EDT)
Well, you could always preface the recommendation with: "to get another point of view on the question, you might enjoy the sci-fi novel ...."
I see no need to mention his politics. After all, most of the writings on climate change is going to be influenced by someone's political views in one way or another.
Jim Elliott Florida
----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Mendoza Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Eco Reading
Looks like Mr. Niven's self-proclaimed Libertarian allegiance has had free rein/reign in this one. Would one alert teen readers to that when making the recommendation?
Jean M.
>>> James Elliott 06/02/09 12:43 PM >>>
One book I ALWAYS recommend for teen readers when looking for Science Fiction, and who are also interested in climate change is "Fallen Angels" by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn.
Fortunately, it's Online, so if the Library doesn't have a copy, it's simple for them to access the Baen Books website and read it online:
http://www.baen.com/library/067172052X/067172052X.htm
A few summaries:
Reeling under a new ice age, the lunatic fringe of the environmental movement controls the US government. Abandoned by Earth, the space colonies replenish their air by scoop-ships diving into the Earth's atmosphere - but Alex and Gordon's ship was hit by a missile, and they are now wanted dead or alive.
and
When a new technology-free government of the United States is elected to counteract the onset of the greenhouse effect, a devastating ice age results, and two hunted Space Hab astronauts become the planet's only hope for survival.
and
In a near future, the climate is wrecked, polar ice extends down through Dakota and the citizens of American have given themselves over, in the name of conservation, to an overbearing and pervasive government. Science has been rejected as elitist and technology as destructive. The American government no longer supports the surviving space stations and they struggle to continue with inadequate resources.
When two space pilots crash-land in North Dakota, the government is after them. If caught they'll face the full weight of the law, the space stations will be one step closer to collapse, and the once-bright future of civilization will dim a little more.
So it's left to an unlikely group of supporters to rescue the astronauts. And who is this unlikely saviours? SF Fandom, of course. The fans themselves will (band together to) rescue their astronaut heroes.
and
One minute the two space Hab astronauts were scoop-diving the atmosphere, the next they'd been shot down over the North Dakota Glacier and were the object of a massive manhunt by the United States government.
That government, dedicated to saving the environment from the evils of technology, had been voted into power because everybody knew that the Green House Effect had to be controlled, whatever the cost. But who would have thought that the cost of ending pollution would include not only total government control of day-to-day life, but the onset of a new Ice Age
Stranded in the anti-technological heartland of America, paralyzed by Earth's gravity, the "Angels" had no way back to the Space Habs, the last bastions of high technology and intellectual freedom on or over the Earth. But help was on its way, help from the most unlikely sources ....
Join # 1 national bestsellers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn in a world where civilization is on the ropes, and the environmentalists have created their own worst nightmare.
Happy Reading Jim Elliott Florida
----- Original Message ----- From: Megan Schliesman
June
First Two Weeks: Eco-Reading: Books about Nature and the Environment.
From picture books that invite appreciation for the natural world to action-oriented titles those for older children and teens that raise the red flag on global warming and climate change, we?ll spend the first part of June discussing books for children and teens about nature and the environment.
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