Like The Wall, Dreamland is another climate fiction novel that I rely on heavily in the introduction to the Last Horizon. I read the two books together, first the Wall and then Dreamland. Leaving writing styles on one side for a moment, it really felt as if Dreamland was a sort of spiritual prequel to the Wall. Both the titular wall and the authoritarianism ostensibly necessary to maintain a stable way of life – for some people at least – are in full swing in the Wall, but we get to watch them grow and develop in Dreamland. While the two are both excellent books, my heart lives in Dreamland. The characters and the locations are painted with sensitive artistry: it’s so easy to feel Chance’s love for Blue and concern for the future, right along with her. Dreamland draws the reader into the near-future, so much of it already starting to feel achingly familiar but stretched until it bleeds gently into the coming collapse. The waters are rising around us, and yet we continue to ignore the warnings…
Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee
