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Climate Fiction: The Time is Now

By Bailey Potter

February 10, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Climate Fiction: The Time is Now

Have you ever heard of climate fiction? How about eco-fiction or environmental fiction? There are many names for this trending genre and its popularity is only increasing. Essentially, this genre explores humanity’s influence on the environment. Oftentimes, science fiction and dystopian literature can also be considered cli-fi. It examines what could happen in our future regarding climate change, other man-made environmental issues, or it displays current ecological issues at a personal level.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: climate change, climate fiction, coronavirus, crisis, dystopian, eco-fiction, environment, escapism, fantasy, future, genre, publishing, realistic, science fiction, trend

Reproductive Pairing: Books, Podcasts, and Taboos

By Elle Klock @elleklock

December 18, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Reproductive Pairing: Books, Podcasts, and Taboos

It’s helpful to have a fictional way to explore the potential fallout that faces us when our government makes decisions about our bodies. These novels offer context and shine a beam of empathy into a situation that has become highly politicized. Ravenous for more information, I took a dive into digital conversations surrounding health, reproductive rights, and motherhood.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: abortion, Alabama, birth control, dystopia, healthcare, Illinois, listening, literature, Missouri, motherhoood, myths, Oregon, Orwellian, podcasts, Red Clocks, reproductive, Roe v. Wade, sci-fi, science fiction, sexual health, speculative fiction, taboo, underground, women's rights

Designs of the Future and Beyond: 2018 Sci-Fi Book Cover Trends

By Megan Crayne Beall @megancraynepoet

April 10, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Designs of the Future and Beyond: 2018 Sci-Fi Book Cover Trends

I refuse to believe we can’t move past the paperback designs of the past with their jumble of chunky fonts, strange color palettes, and, dare I say, unappealing illustrations of aliens.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: aliens, book, book cover, book covers, book design, book recommendations, books, Design, design trends, dystopian, fantasy, fiction, futuristic, new weird, novel, read, Reading, sci-fi, science fiction, sff, space, trend, trends

A Game of Genres

By Hilary Louth

January 6, 2017 by Digital Content Leave a Comment

A Game of Genres

It was my first day of a graduate level course, and I found myself staring down at the same question that I’d seen since I was old enough to read, what is your favorite book? Immediately I felt my heart sink and my palms begin to sweat. The question was no less impossible at that […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: fantasy, genre, horror, literary fiction, science fiction

Science Fiction is Fighting the Fight

By Cade Hoover

November 30, 2016 by Digital Content Leave a Comment

Science Fiction is Fighting the Fight

With the end of the summer came Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 2–9) hosted by the National Alliance of Mental Illness. I knew that May was Mental Health Awareness Month, but I was pleased to hear another week was nationally devoted to breaking the stigma against mental illnesses. One in four people are affected by […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: #HoldOnToTheLight, depression, Gail Z. Martin, mental health, mental illness, sci-fi, science fiction

Interview with DongWon Song, Literary Agent and New Adjunct Instructor

By Molly K.B. Hunt MollyKanHas

January 1, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Interview with DongWon Song, Literary Agent and New Adjunct Instructor

Literary agent DongWon Song moved to Portland from New York City almost two years ago. He works remotely as part of the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency, where he’s on the lookout for “science fiction and fantasy—especially epic fantasy or high fantasy—for both adults and teens . . . [plus] nonfiction, especially food writing, science, and […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: book editing, DongWon Song, fandom, fantasy, Howard Morhaim, Leviathan Wakes, literary agent, New York publishing, Nnedi Okorafor, Orbit Books US, Portland State, science fiction, The Expanse, W2P2016, Write to Publish 2016

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