Greenworld (subtitled A Natural History of a New Planet ) is not set on Earth. It is an exoplanet—a super-Earth slightly larger than our own, orbiting a K-type star. Its continents are familiar shapes twisted into alien forms. Its atmosphere is thicker, its gravity marginally lighter. And its entire evolutionary history has been shaped by a single, brutal revolution:
"Greenworld" is a hypothetical world that Dixon imagined, where plants have evolved to become the dominant life forms, and animals have adapted to live among and interact with them in extraordinary ways. This thought experiment allows us to explore an alternate evolutionary path, where the rules of the natural world are turned upside down. greenworld dougal dixon
And somewhere, right now, a creeping grove is leaning toward you. Greenworld (subtitled A Natural History of a New
The narrative begins as Earth collapses under human pressure, prompting a generation ship carrying 10,000 colonists to travel to the Ascaris system. The book is structured as a series of short stories following several generations of settler families over a millennium. Its atmosphere is thicker, its gravity marginally lighter