{"product_id":"a-storybook-of-culling-david-r-cole-9798891324251","title":"A Storybook of Culling","description":"\u003ci\u003eA joy and a challenge to read ... just the way good fiction should be ... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSean Blekinsop, Professor of Education, Co-Director, Imaginative Education Research Group (IERG), Simon Fraser University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn impressive narrative arc into the end of human history ...Cole leaves little unsaid in this compelling read about our own potential unravelling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGus Casely-Hayford, Director of V\u0026amp;A East, Professor of Practice, SOAS, University of London \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnlike the countless books full of dry facts and uninspiring information about our environmental, cultural, and political challenges, David R. Cole's work of climate fiction expands our imagination so that we can envision possible directions for moving into the future.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Mickey, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies department, University of San Francisco \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA powerful speculative vision of potential ecofutures and their implications for humankind. This book foregrounds skillfully crafted narratives of living and relating alongside the material histories of the sustainable futures. Enjoyable multifaceted read!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMirka Koro, Professor, Qualitative research, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the moment of revelation of the privatisation of Dallas by Iranian-Zoroastrian benefactors, I was hooked. Immersed in the Texas landscape, this novel swerves between Anthropocene theory and new forms of paranoia fit for future nomadology. Cumulatively awesome... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Mical, Director, Esoteric Library of the Kangra Valley (Indian Himalayas) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis beautifully written and well-researched novel is an excellent addition to the growing body of speculative dystopian climate fiction. A shockingly prescient possible world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Nail, Distinguished Scholar, Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA history of civilization, the impact of climate change, a futuristic vision of geo-political turmoil in the US, and questions of morality and population control - just some of the subjects Cole engages with in this amazing tale from the Anthropocene.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Naughton, Independent scholar, publisher of Art, Artists and Pedagogy (Routledge) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the year 2095, the devastating effects of climate change persist despite global efforts to mitigate their impact. Set in the Persianized city of Sal'lad, this tale explores the collision of two disparate narratives within the same tumultuous backdrop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn academic finds himself ensnared in a perilous liaison with a captivating Persian woman, while behind the scenes, a clandestine society orchestrates what they believe to be the greatest act in human history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the twenty-first century lurches from crisis to crisis, humanity remains mired in unresolved turmoil. Unbeknownst to the world, a secret society devises a solution to the planet's woes. Yet, their plans are shrouded in mystery, guarded by the threat of death for any who dare to speak of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNavigating the treacherous landscape of impending catastrophe and lost love, only the innocence of a childlike consciousness may comprehend the precipice of these singularly horrific acts. This is a Storybook of Culling-a tale of heartbreak and the chilling rationalization of acts too unspeakable to fathom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the necropolitics of our age, the bureaucratic sublime that outstrips Huxley's soma and Orwell's boot alike. For Cole, the catastrophe of climate is not the failure of governance but its triumph-administration perfected as extermination, Enlightenment rationality realizing itself at last as omnicide.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Craig Hickman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891324251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atmosphere Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d","brand":"David R. Cole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800993050879,"sku":"9798891324251","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-storybook-of-culling-david-r-cole-9798891324251","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}