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I love a surreal 'post apocalyptic' novella discussing climate change and it's now... not so surreal aftermath!!!

this book was published in 1967 and it gives for so much discussion on climate change, surrealism and humanities response to a climate catastrophe. reading this in 2025 was INSANE, I felt my jaw fall to the floor due to how scary MANY of the societal attitudes and reflections on our planet was... it all felt too oddly familiar. the setting of this was so eerie and I could vividly picture everything. I did unfortunately find that this slowed significantly in the middle of the novel, despite it being under 200 pages and I struggled to connect to any of the characters which was such a shame! but the setting oh my

some quotes I adored / think need to be highlighted in our current world climate:

~ 'there would soon be only ice, snow, stillness, death; no more violence, no war, no victims; nothing but frozen silent, absence of life. the ultimate achievement of mankind would be, not just self-destruction, but the destruction of all life; the transformation of the living world into a dead planet' (this was written in the 60s btw!!!!)

~ 'the moon's dead eye watching the death of our world.'

~ 'pale cliffs looming, radiating dead cold, ghostly avengers coming to end mankind. I knew the ice was closing in around us, my own eyes had seen the ominous moving wall. I knew it was coming closer each moment, and would go on advancing until all life was extinct.'

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