Genres of Science Fiction: Environmental Catastrophe
Explore the best environmental catastrophe science fiction books. Discover gripping tales of ecological disasters, climate crises, and survival in this curated list of top genre picks.
Book
Millennium
by John Varley
In the skies over Oakland, California, a DC-10 and a 747 are about to collide. But in the far distant future, a time travel team …
Book
Dune
by Frank Herbert
• DUNE: PART TWO • THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Directed by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, based on the novel Dune …
Book
Imago
by Octavia E. Butler
The futures of both humans and Oankali rest in one young being's successful metamorphosis into adulthood.
Book
Terraforming Earth
by Jack Williamson
First Paperback, Contains the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning The Ultimate Earth When a giant meteor crashes into the earth and destroys all life, the small …
Book
Blue Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel • One of the most enthralling science fiction sagas ever written, Kim Stanley Robinson’s epic trilogy concludes …
Book
Ilium
by Dan Simmons
The first installment of a new saga based on themes from "The Iliad" and "The Tempest" places classical characters and gods in such settings as …
Book
Lucifer's Hammer
by Larry Niven
“The first satisfying end-of-the-world novel in years . . . an ultimate one . . . massively entertaining.”—Cleveland Plain-Dealer The gigantic comet had slammed into …
Book
Tuf Voyaging
by George R R Martin
By a combination of luck and hard trading, Haviland Tuf becomes the sole owner of the greatest treasure of his age--an Old Earth Ecological Corps …
Book
The Rift
by Walter J. Williams
A massive earthquake centered in New Madrid, Missouri, wreaks destruction on America's heartland, leaving a huge fracture in the earth and chaos in its wake, …
Book
This Is the Way the World Ends
by James Morrow
George Paxton was an ordinary man until something extraordinary happened--nuclear holocaust. Now George Paxton is about to discover what happens after the end of the …