 Japanese cover of the First Edition of the first volume. The cover depicts three organisms native to Greenworld in the lower left; the flying "Fallicon" and a "Strida" (an animal used similarly to horses by the human colonizers) carrying a "Sitta" on its back. | |
| Author | Dougal Dixon |
|---|---|
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Speculative evolution Science fiction |
| Publisher | Diamond |
Publication date | 2010 (Japan, in two volumes) |
| Publication place | Japan |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 337 (Volume 1) 365 (Volume 2) |
| ISBN | 978-4478860588 (Volume 1) 978-4478012512 (Volume 2) |
Greenworld (Japanese: グリーンワールド Hepburn: Gurīn wārudo) is a 2010 speculative evolution and science fiction book written by Scottish geologist and paleontologist Dougal Dixon and primarily illustrated by Dixon himself, alongside a few images by other artists. Greenworld features a fictional alien planet of the same name and a diverse biosphere of alien organisms. Greenworld has so far only been published in Japan, where it was released in two volumes.
The premise of Greenworld follows human colonisation of the alien planet over the course of a thousand years, chronicling mankind's disastrous impact on Greenworld's ecosystems, similar to how humans today are impacting Earth and its life. Greenworld and its creatures were originally designed by Dixon as a design exercise for his local science fiction group and the planet and its organisms first appeared in a 1992 episode of the Channel 4 series Equinox, followed by appearances in various other media, including the 1997 programme Natural History of an Alien.
Greenworld's premise is similar to, and repurposed from, Dixon's original idea for his book Man After Man (1990), which would have involved humans time-travelling 50 million years into the future to colonize biosphere of the future he had developed for After Man (1981). The version of Man After Man that was eventually published was considerably different from Dixon's original concept.