Introduction

1. Noah and the Flood (1450 B.C.) Genesis 6–9 “Darkness” (1816) by Lord Byron

2. “Darkness” (1816) by Lord Byron

3. “The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion” (1839) by Edgar Allan Poe

4. “The End of the World” (1872) by Eugène Mouton

5. The Doom of the Great City (1880) by William Delisle Hay

6. “Dialogue Between a Goblin and a Gnome” (1882) by Giacomo Leopardi

7. After London (excerpt) (1885) by Richard Jefferies

8. The Purchase of the North Pole (excerpt) (1889) by Jules Verne

9. “The Star” (1897) by H. G. Wells

10. “A Corner in Lightning” (1898) by George Griffith

11. “Within an Ace of the End of the World” (1900) by Robert Barr

12. “The Four White Days” (1903) by Fred M. White

13. “The Fire” (1904) by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

14. Underground Man (excerpt) (1905) by Gabriel de Tarde

15. The Evacuation of England (excerpt) (1908) by L. P. Gratacap

16. The Last Generation: A Story of the Future (1908) by James Elroy Flecker

17. The Poison Belt (1913) (excerpt) by Arthur Conan Doyle

18. Metropolis (excerpt) (1925) by Thea von Harbou

19. “The Colour out of Space” (1927) by H. P. Lovecraft

20. “The Menace of Mars” (1928) by Clare Winger Harris

21. “When the Sun Went Out” (1929) by Leslie F. Stone

22. “This Mechanical Age” (1931) by Julia Boynton Green

23. “Planetoid of Doom” (1932) by Morrison Colladay

24. “The Man Who Awoke: Part 1” (1933) by Laurence Manning

The Routledge Anthology of Climate Fiction brings together key works from the Bible to the twentieth century, in an accessible resource for students and teachers alike. With a robust variety of works, including H. G. Wells, Clare Winger Harris, H. P. Lovecraft, Leslie F. Stone, and Arthur Conan Doyle, The Routledge Anthology of Climate Fiction offers vital new perspectives and critical introductions all the way back to humanity’s earliest surviving literary texts.