Cli-fi
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈklaɪfaɪ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cli-fi is a noun meaning A subgenre of ecofiction with issues about climate change as the main focus.
Meaning
A subgenre of ecofiction with issues about climate change as the main focus.
Example Sentences
Perhaps the most high-profile cli-fi author is Margaret Atwood, whose 2009 The Year of the Flood features survivors of a biological catastrophe also central to her 2003 novel Oryx and Crake, a book Atwood sometimes preferred to call "speculative fiction".
The issue is so pressing that some have started to use the term “cli-fi” for climate fiction — but this faddish coinage obscures a longer history of sf’s engagement with the environment and leaves unexamined the question of why sf has proven such a valuable genre for thinking about environmental futures.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lit-fic, litfic, ecofilm, issuefic, sci-fi, lesfic.
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