Literary fiction dealing with the same crises has often engaged with genre to a more pointed purpose - both to leverage its pulp excitement and to show how poorly it addresses real catastrophes. Empowering stories about defeating bad guys in heart-pumping firefights are ill-equipped to grapple with the bleak reality that we, as a species, are currently drowning ourselves in our own excrement. When big-budget Hollywood action slam-fests like “ Avengers: Endgame,” “ Aquaman” or “ Charlie’s Angels” address environmental issues, they do so by framing ecoterrorists or (less often) greedy corporate polluters as supervillains who need to be punched out. In pulp genre narratives, ecological collapse is generally something you can fix with a well-placed bullet. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.
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