Let's start with the novels. Which science fiction writer, born in 1925 and author of over 75 books, wrote the Helliconia Trilogy and Hothouse , a novel set in the 'Age of Vegetables'?
Who's 2004 novel, which imagines a capital city full of birds, foxes and humans sinking under rising water levels, was called The Flood ?
And, at the other end of the scale, who wrote the novel The Drought, which imagines a world of dried up swimming pools, sand dunes and wrecked airplanes?
What's the title of Rachel Carson's novel, which focuses on the effects of the indiscriminate use of pesticides and insecticides leading to contamination of the environment and the destruction of wildlife?
Which contemporary UK poet's collection, After the Hurricane , describes radiation sickness in orchids, joy-riding in sodium and 'amphetamine brilliance' in the sky?
And turning to non-fiction now... Husband and wife team John & Mary Gribben wrote a book focussing on just one phase of the Earth's history - one, they say, which is crucial for mankind's survival. What's the title?
What is the title of Richard Hamblyn's book, sub-titled 'How an amateur meteorologist forged the language of the skies'?
Greenpeace geophysicist Jeremy Leggett wrote a book in 1999 about which 'home-brewed catastrophe'?
Who is the author of the famous 'Gaia theory', further explained in his 2000 book The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth?
Which book by the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees, which discusses genetically engineered viruses, nanotechnology and pollution-induced environmental catastrophe, is sub-titled 'The 50/50 threat to humanity's survival'?
