{"product_id":"im-with-the-bears-isbn-9781844677443","title":"I'm With the Bears","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of 10 “striking” short stories on the dangers of climate change—featuring works by Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Kim Stanley Robinson, and an introduction by Bill McKibben (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The size and severity of the global climate crisis is such that even the most committed environmentalists are liable to live in a state of denial. The award-winning writers collected here have made it their task to shake off this nagging disbelief, bringing the incomprehensible within our grasp and shaping an emotional response to the deterioration of our global habitat.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From T. C. Boyle’s account of early eco-activists, to Nathaniel Rich’s vision of a near future where oil sells for $800 a barrel—these ten provocative, occasionally chilling, sometimes satirical stories bring a human reality to disasters of inhuman proportions.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoyalties from\u003c\/i\u003e I’m With the Bears \u003ci\u003ewill go to 350.org, an international grassroots movement working to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.\u003c\/i\u003e“These are the jolts we dearly need; this is a serious business we’re involved in.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Bill McKibben, from the introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“10 authors at the top of their game, tackling the most pressing issue of our generation.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Internationalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The stories dazzle the reader with their imaginative range and depth.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The line-up of mostly British and North American talent is impressive—TC Boyle, Toby Litt, David Mitchell—and while they sometimes bash you around the head with a blunt instrument (Nathaniel Rich), the best are fierce and fearless, including Helen Simpson’s acerbic, apocalyptic Diary Of An Interesting Year.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“All the writing in this volume is excellent”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kate Saunders, \u003ci\u003eThe Times (Saturday Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The high point for me was Paolo Bacigalupi’s \u003ci\u003eThe Tamarisk Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e ... More than any other story in the collection, it makes climate change feel real.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Michael Marshall, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderful idea.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Harding, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“About what might happen if our worst nightmares come true.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—William Leith, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Compelling ... these stories inspire both fear and hope. The other reason this little volume is so terrific is that the stories are written with verve and style.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Elizabeth Taylor, Literary Editor, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These ten stories avoid the sort of didactic, righteous preaching that elsewhere grates ... any reader with an interest in environmental issues will appreciate these different angles on the most pressing of our many current crises.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ben Kupstas, \u003ci\u003eThe L Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s not what you think—some sort of enviro agitprop. These are literary artists responding to our situation head-on, as artists, and with striking results.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Wen Stephenson, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet,\u003c\/i\u003e among other titles; he is the founder of 350.org, which in 2010 organized what CNN called “the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e is a Booker Prize–winning poet and author of many acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaolo Bacigalupi\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the sci-fi novel \u003ci\u003eThe Wind-Up Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Hugo and Nebula awards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eT. C. Boyle\u003c\/b\u003e has a long list of books to his credit, including the PEN\/Faulkner Award–winning novel World’s End and \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Wellville\u003c\/i\u003e. His latest novel is \u003ci\u003eWhen the Killing’s Done\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eToby Litt\u003c\/b\u003e has written nine novels and two short story collections; in 2003 he was chosen as one of Granta’s twenty Best British Novelists Under Forty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003ci\u003eGhost Lights\u003c\/i\u003e and eight other works of fiction, \u003cb\u003eLydia Millet\u003c\/b\u003e has won the PEN-USA Award and been a Pulitzer Prize finalist. 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