Many contemporary environmental risks and global environmental changes occurring today are unprecedented in the history of human life on earth. However, the images and narratives through which humans relate to these phenomena are built on existing cultural tropes and narrative models. Cultural, social, and historical contexts strongly influence how we construct images and narratives of nature and the environment. It is therefore highly important to study such narratives in works of literat...

The book discusses the role of each individual on how to escape pestilence. It uses the outbreak of virus in year 2019 as a case study.This mysterious infection started from this city – Wuhan, and there has been a record of widespread of the virus, not only causing severe illnesses but also resulting in death.What can we do to prevent the spread? Here is a book that discusses 15 ways to avoid pestilence. The metho...

Anthologies, awards, journals, and works in translation have sprung up to reflect science fiction's increasingly international scope. Yet scholars and students alike face a problem. Where does one begin to explore global SF in the absence of an established canon? Lingua Cosmica opens the door to some of the creators in the vanguard of international science fiction. Eleven experts offer innovative English-language scholarship on figures ranging from Cuban pioneer Daína Chaviano to Nigerian ...