Carbon Dreams

Carbon Dreams is a Lab lit[1] novel by Susan M. Gaines. It was published and was Gaines' first novel.

Carbon Dreams
First edition
AuthorSusan M. Gaines
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherCreative Arts Book Company
Publication date
2000
Pages368
ISBN0-88739-306-3

Synopsis

Set in the 1980s, the story follows geochemist Tina Arenas, who is passionate about her work. When her life takes an unexpected turn, she seeks to come to terms with her responsibilities in her personal life and her work.[2]

The novel is seen as one of the earliest to deal with the global climate-change debate and how science theory is used in various ways by policy-makers.

Influences

Gaines has stated that she turned to writing scientific fiction after reading Norman Rush’s Mating (1991), Rebecca Goldstein’s The Mind-Body Problem (1983), and A.S. Byatt’s Possession (1992).[3]

Reception

The novel received praise from reviewers at the San Francisco Chronicle,[4] BioScience[5] and New Scientist.[6]

References
  1. Wilson E.K. “Novelist Combines CO2 and Romance” C&E News 79 (2001): 80-81.
  2. "Carbon Dreams". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  3. Susan M Gaines official website
  4. Christensen, Thomas (March 4, 2001). "She Blinded Them With Science". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  5. Bushaw-Newton, Karen (September 4, 2009). "Molecules, Mud, Moon Rocks, and Microbes". BioScience. 59 (8): 710–712. doi:10.1525/bio.2009.59.8.16. S2CID 116891691.
  6. McDonald, Maggie (2001-06-09). "It's only a paper June". newscientist.com. New Scientist. Retrieved 2010-05-07. It's all here: the fight for grants, intellectual ownership, a triumph at a conference (dream scene for any researcher), an affair or two and inevitable heartbreak as work edges out the lover. Gripping stuff.
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