The Anthropocene, As Seen Through SFF

SFF featuring second worlds and worldbuilding that reflect and engage with hopes, anxieties, and imaginations about human activity and its influence on the environment + environmental justice. Always open to suggestions! (Note that I am using “second world” very loosely here, to mean both traditional second worlds and/or versions of Earth or parts of Earth that are so distant/strange as to be unrecognizable)

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created by ayzrules

last updated February, 2026

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perihelion

another stellar list theme 🤩

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❤️❤️❤️ awww you flatter me, thank you! So glad you like it 💗

Hawksquill

Wow it's like you were looking into my soul when you made this list

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🫡 🙏❤️ I pitched it to my one group chat like “Tree hugger list except the tree actually wants to punch you” so I hope that aligns with your soul too 🙂‍↕️ (And aaa I’m glad you like it!!! 🫶🫶🫶)

loserunity

Suggestion: Semiosis by Sue Burke? My fiancée and I are reading (slowly lol) this together. It's about an Earth colony planet called Pax and the integration of humans into their ecosystem. There's sentient rainbow bamboo and fippocats 🩵 if it doesn't fit no worries but def check out the book anyway!

paulie

It's an amazing list Ayz, and has been interesting books in it! If you are looking for more suggestions, I feel like either The Dispossessed or The Word for World is Forest, both by Ursula K. Le Guin could be a fit! Dispossessed is a bit more about social systems, even if ecology is present as a theme, but Forest is an amazing critique on colonisation and the destruction of one's natural land 🙂‍↕️