Jim Dwyer, a bibliographic services librarian at California State University (Chico) has written an excellent extended bibliographic essay on ecologically themed literature. The first three chapters provide an overview of what he means by “ecofiction” and places it in historical context, looking at its early roots and contemporary examples. The remainder of the volume comprises individual essays detailing various niches within the world of ecofiction: mysteries, westerns, speculative fiction, romance, ecofiction by Native American and Canadian authors, and ecofiction from around the world.
In exploring the term “ecofiction”, Dwyer offers several descriptions, examples and subcategories (e.g. “nature‐oriented literature” and “environmental...
