Thread by @leahstokes

Welcome to November's #ClimateBookClub, hosted by me and @MaryHeglar.

This month, we read @GhoshAmitav’s Gun Island, his first novel since The Great Derangement. We'll kick of the discussion with a thread -- reply to whatever question you'd like or pose your own!

@MaryHeglar @GhoshAmitav @wind_in_grass @annajanejoyner @LandisWeaver @arvindpawan1 @gregmepstein @Prof_FSultana @megha_a @CrwdsrcingSusty @GuyLipman @ClimateAndMind Question 1: What did you think of the tension between “the explainable” and “the unexplainable” in the text? How did the book make you think about myths and stories in a different way?

@JacquelynGill, @SpyrosGnl, @daveregrets, @liz_dahl

@MaryHeglar @GhoshAmitav @wind_in_grass @annajanejoyner @LandisWeaver @arvindpawan1 @gregmepstein @Prof_FSultana @megha_a @CrwdsrcingSusty @GuyLipman @ClimateAndMind @JacquelynGill @SpyrosGnl @daveregrets @liz_dahl @RachelM84006380 @AldousEverard @Pr0jectClimate @ross_macfarlane @emilygrubert @sikolnam @JudgeLord @MargaretGarciaE @jgkoomey @joshdr83 Question 2: What did you make of the frequent convergences of the past, present, and future throughout the novel? How do you think our own memories and life experiences play a role in how we face the climate crisis?

@ZSpezakis, @piamako

@MaryHeglar @GhoshAmitav @wind_in_grass @annajanejoyner @LandisWeaver @arvindpawan1 @gregmepstein @Prof_FSultana @megha_a @CrwdsrcingSusty @GuyLipman @ClimateAndMind @JacquelynGill @SpyrosGnl @daveregrets @liz_dahl @RachelM84006380 @AldousEverard @Pr0jectClimate @ross_macfarlane @emilygrubert @sikolnam @JudgeLord @MargaretGarciaE @jgkoomey @joshdr83 @ZSpezakis @piamako @jinnahlarsan @bronaghgallagh3 @profadamsobel @shairsmom @KatherineGeusz @rydriskelltate @giulia_arche @ElleninSaigon @SamiGrover @AkshatRathi Question 3: What did you think of the interplay between colonialism and globalization in the story, and the ways that that played out in the frequent changes in location: Italy, India, United States? How did the book make you think about climate migration?

@CelloMomOnCars

@MaryHeglar @GhoshAmitav @wind_in_grass @annajanejoyner @LandisWeaver @arvindpawan1 @gregmepstein @Prof_FSultana @megha_a @CrwdsrcingSusty @GuyLipman @ClimateAndMind @JacquelynGill @SpyrosGnl @daveregrets @liz_dahl @RachelM84006380 @AldousEverard @Pr0jectClimate @ross_macfarlane @emilygrubert @sikolnam @JudgeLord @MargaretGarciaE @jgkoomey @joshdr83 @ZSpezakis @piamako @jinnahlarsan @bronaghgallagh3 @profadamsobel @shairsmom @KatherineGeusz @rydriskelltate @giulia_arche @ElleninSaigon @SamiGrover @AkshatRathi @CelloMomOnCars @jimprall @fivealive @NRG_Wonk @shopobie @Parents4Planet @KA_Nicholas @gosiasmieszek @solar_chase @laurafish1 Question 4: What character did you identify with the most?How did their own challenges facing the climate crisis make you think about how climate change is likely to touch your own life?

@tweetphee, @Ashley_Pajor

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@saahiuppalapati

@MaryHeglar @GhoshAmitav @wind_in_grass @annajanejoyner @LandisWeaver @arvindpawan1 @gregmepstein @Prof_FSultana @megha_a @CrwdsrcingSusty @GuyLipman @ClimateAndMind @JacquelynGill @SpyrosGnl @daveregrets @liz_dahl @RachelM84006380 @AldousEverard @Pr0jectClimate @ross_macfarlane @emilygrubert @sikolnam @JudgeLord @MargaretGarciaE @jgkoomey @joshdr83 @ZSpezakis @piamako @jinnahlarsan @bronaghgallagh3 @profadamsobel @shairsmom @KatherineGeusz @rydriskelltate @giulia_arche @ElleninSaigon @SamiGrover @AkshatRathi @CelloMomOnCars @jimprall Question 6: What did you think of the fable of the Gun Merchant? Why do you think it plays itself out in the life of a bookseller?

@matthewshirts, @EmiBarbiroglio, @chaplinscourage, @PDez90, @akornblatt, @watersecurity, @MoraMcLagan, @mufferaw, @CaryGreen, @monstris

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