Senior Project Advisor
Elizabeth Colen
Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Winter 2022
Keywords
short fiction, climate fiction, speculative fiction, sci-fi, terraforming, planetary science, climate action, climate change
Abstract
This project represents three work-in-progress short stories from a larger planned collection of short speculative fiction: The Utopian Range.
In the world of the Utopian Range, the hegemonic World Government and the Intronet Corporation use the Utopian Range technology to mine the collective subconscious of its citizens for visions of the future. Our narrator, Gavin, learns that there might be more to the ideas it filters out than he expects. Told through interconnected stories simulated from Gavin’s subconscious with the help of a friendly rogue AI, this is The Matrix meets The Illustrated Man. These stories tell tales of personal rebellion and radical dreaming, and the ways they change both Gavin and the world.
Department
English
Recommended Citation
Broach, Kai, "The Utopian Range - Short Climate Fiction" (2022). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 532.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/532
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Planets--Environmental engineering--Fiction; Utopias--Fiction
Genre/Form
science fiction; novellas
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf