Introduction: Greening Italian Science Fiction–New Approaches to a Deep-Rooted Genre

Science fiction's role as a medium for cognitive estrangement aligns closely with environmental concerns. This genre's practice of extrapolating future scenarios from the present intricately intertwines with the anticipation of outcomes arising from human-planet interactions. Science fiction's adeptness in crafting extraterrestrial ecosystems not only stimulates, but also enriches, reimaginings of our known world. Furthermore, the genre persistently confronts anthropocentrism by envisioning potential post-human or post-humanist realities. It achieves this through the depiction of non-human and even inorganic entities, exemplified by alien beings or amalgamations of animal and vegetal life, thereby granting agency to these diverse forms