# Can anyone recommend an interesting dystopian novel involving climate manipulation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [October 2, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051 "2020-10-02T16:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Octagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/2acd7d/32.png) [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/1 "2020-10-02T16:42:18Z")
I’m looking for an interesting dystopian/philosophical/sci-fi novel involving climate manipulaton. Any recommewndations? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/2 "2020-10-02T18:00:13Z")
“Terror” by Fred Pohl features climate manipulation as does "Come Nineveh, Come Tyre " by Allen Drury. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/3 "2020-10-02T18:21:17Z")
Moved to Cafe Society, our forum for Arts. Tagged with books for easier access. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/4 "2020-10-02T18:30:28Z")
Most of [Paolo Bacigalupi.](https://www.amazon.com/Paolo-Bacigalupi/e/B002BM2TEK). I especially liked _Wind Up Girl._ ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/5 "2020-10-02T20:49:31Z")
_New York 2140_, by Kim Stanley Robinson. In 2140, sea levels have risen due to climate change. Life in New York is very different in the future. And very dystopian. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/6 "2020-10-02T23:01:49Z")
Point of order: do you really mean “climate manipulation” or just climate change (the ones I mention have deliberate alteration of the climate threatened) ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/7 "2020-10-02T23:30:58Z")
_[The Fifth Season](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19161852-the-fifth-season)_ by N.K. Jemisin has people who can manipulate the geology of the planet and by doing so, cause major climate changes. So, dystopic SF with indirect climate manipulation - close enough? It’s also a fantastic book. It’s the first in a trilogy, and all three books won the Hugo Award in their respective years (2015-2017). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/8 "2020-10-03T01:40:23Z")
_Fallen Angels_ by Larry Niven, Michael Flynn and Jerry Pournelle meets _my_ definitions of the operative words. ---
**Author:** ![Octagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/2acd7d/32.png) [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/9 "2020-10-03T08:06:03Z")
Yes Andy\_L. I did mean “climate manipulation”. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/10 "2020-10-03T15:02:54Z")
It’s not the focus of the book, but climate manipulation does take place in _The Giver_ by Lois Lowry ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051/11 "2020-10-03T16:44:46Z")
Climate manipulation is discussed in David Brin’s “Thor vs. Captain America” and in the graphic novel that expands that story (“The Life Eaters”)