![]() ![]() Where I live in the United States, both subjects are frequently discussed by political candidates as they race toward the next election. Another issue at the core of society right now is the ever-widening wealth gap. This is an ecologic argument on one side, an economic argument on the other, and a hostile one on both. Throughout the world right now, people are arguing about climate change. Some of the best books are reflections of the author’s time. Paolo Bacigalupi has forged a successful career writing in a science fiction sub-genre called climate fiction (or cli-fi for short, but do not ever call it that in my presence), a category I have only recently heard about. Only a glass of water felt like the right beverage to have by my side. Beer and wine did not at all sound appealing. Even while writing about a grim subject such as water wars between states in a near-future American Southwest, Bacigalupi paints such wonderful images of the parched and dusty land that just reading the words siphoned all of the moisture from my throat. It felt so precious and rare while reading this book due in large part to author Paolo Bacigalupi’s beautiful prose. But, while reading The Water Knife, I craved only water. Wine feels right for elegant science fiction like anything written by Kim Stanley Robinson. Maybe a tankard of ale for fantasy novels like Angus Watson’s excellent West of West trilogy. I usually have a beverage of some kind while I am reading. ![]()
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