"The Cloud Weaver's Song"
Title | "The Cloud Weaver's Song" |
Year for Search | 2021 |
Authors | [Howe], [Kenneth James] |
Tertiary Authors | Tanpepper, Saul [pseud.] |
Secondary Title | Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors |
Date Published | September 14, 2014 |
Publisher | Fix Solutions Lab |
Place Published | Np |
Keywords | Male author, US author |
Annotation | The story is set in a future Eritrea, where “the Great Drying” has turned much of the country into a desert, and one ethnic group, the Afar, have built immense towers where they collect mist to provide water. The story focuses on a young woman who tries to convince her elders that the Great Drying is ending, and it is time to return to the land. The story was awarded the third prize in the climate fiction contest. See the Climate Fiction Issue of Fix for essays related to Imagine 2200. The Climate Fiction Issue: How fiction can change our reality | Fix (grist.org). |
URL | The Cloud Weaver’s Song | Fix (grist.org) |
Info Notes | The story was awarded the second prize in the climate fiction contest. See the Climate Fiction Issue of Fix for essays related to Imagine 2200. The Climate Fiction Issue: How fiction can change our reality | Fix (grist.org). |
Illustration | Illus. Grace Abe |
Author Note | The author is a scientist and a retired U.S. Army medic, who, under his real name, has written about the Eritrean diaspora. |
Full Text | 2021 [Howe, Kenneth James]. “The Cloud Weaver’s Song.” By Saul Tanpepper [pseud.]. Illus. Grace Abe. Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors (September 14, 2021). Fix Solutions Lab. The Cloud Weaver’s Song | Fix (grist.org) US The story is set in a future Eritrea, where “the Great Drying” has turned much of the country into a desert, and one ethnic group, the Afar, have built immense towers where they collect mist to provide water. The story focuses on a young woman who tries to convince her elders that the Great Drying is ending, and it is time to return to the land. The story was awarded the second prize in the climate fiction contest. See the Climate Fiction Issue of Fix for essays related to Imagine 2200. The Climate Fiction Issue: How fiction can change our reality | Fix (grist.org). The author is a scientist and a retired U.S. Army medic, who, under his real name, has written about the Eritrean diaspora. |