This book analyzes eco-punk, a literary subgenre at the intersection of post-cyberpunk and environmentalism. It illuminates how contemporary literature addresses the pressing issues of ecological crisis and technological advancements. The book presents a thorough dissection of eco-punk literature, revealing how narratives in this genre uniquely combine futuristic technological landscapes with pressing environmental concerns. It delves into the portrayal of a world where technological progr...

In this textbook, ‘dark comedy’ is re-imagined as an ecological instrument: a volatile compound of irony, grotesquerie, and mischievous insight that exposes the carbonised scaffolding of late-capitalist life. Rather than sneering at catastrophe, the chapters anatomise the mechanics—defamiliarising punch line, carnival inversion, affective whiplash—by which humour slips past guard-dogs and rouses an anaesthetised public. The horizon against which this inquiry unfolds is the Capitalocene: a ...