Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1, “Uncertainty in the Future Tense” Chapter 2, “Pathways to Unstable Worlds” Chapter 3, “Strange Animals and Metonymic Mysteries” Chapter 4, “The Meta and the Uncertain” Chapter 5, “Deus Ex Algorithmo” Chapter 6, “Ecologies of Interactive Narrative” Coda, “Weathering Uncertainty, with Jenny Offill”

Promotional Information

This book makes a case for the transformative power of story by cross-fertilizing narrative theory, environmental philosophy, and the close reading of a number of contemporary works, to help us in navigating climate uncertainty and appreciating the more-than-human scale—but also the tragic ramifications—of the ecological crisis.

About the Author

Marco Caracciolo is Associate Professor of English and Literary Theory at Ghent University, Belgium.