Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel by Astrid Bracke (review)

Abstract

so-called preparation materials because Thomas uses this general term to describe them, and because some of these works overlap with established genres, such as video games. Thoroughly exploring the nuances of genre would have further solidified Thomas’s intriguing argument that these works should be considered part of our contemporary literary history. Nevertheless, literary scholars writing on issues of national security will find Training for Catastrophe a valuable text, as it adds complexity to our understanding of representations of catastrophe in the twenty first century.