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Geologists and Geologic Content in Genre Fiction: Part 1

Posted: Feb 25 2025 by

James Ebert
SUNY College at Oneonta

James Ebert (SUNY Oneonta)

This is Part 1 of a 2-part series that examines the portrayal of geologists and the presentation of geologic content and concepts in recent genre fiction. Part 1 discusses the novels of authors Sarah Andrews, Jack DuBrul, Sibella Giorello and Toni Dwiggins. Part 2 will address these same aspects in the works of five additional novelists. Part 2 also explores some common threads among all of the novels described in the two parts of this series. More

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