SHORT story collections are always a mixed bag, and this set of 10 pieces inspired by global warming is no different. The strange title refers to an old joke: if humans wind up in a struggle against bears, the smart money will be on the bears.
The high point for me was Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Tamarisk Hunter, a near-future story of a farmer struggling to make a living on a drought-ridden Colorado river. Issues such as water rights, which can be rather (excuse the pun) dry, come to life because Bacigalupi makes them part of the plot and shows…
