As America collapses under climate change, inequality, and authoritarian populism, a young Black woman founds a new religion (Earthseed) centered on the idea that 'God is Change,' seeking to make humanity a multiplanetary species.
Extraordinarily prescient (1993, set 2024-2032): predicted walled communities, water scarcity, populist president, corporate exploitation of desperate labor. THE canonical near-future American collapse novel.
Domains: Climate and Environmental ChangeGovernance and Political SystemsSocial Engineering and Psychology
Scenario Types: Prediction / ExtrapolationWarning / Self-preventing prophecy
Outcomes: CautionaryAspirational
Tags: earthseedamerican-collapsenew-religionclimate-migration