Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Jan 16, 2023

Learned about a new #scifi genre today - #SolarPunk

"Solarpunk stories take place in futures where humanity, technology, and nature live in harmony rather than in conflict."

TBH, it sounds a lot like #StarTrek which makes me think I will love this genre!

Who are the #authors in this genre?

#Books #Bookstodon #reading

https://www.tor.com/2021/09/30/the-solarpunk-future-five-essential-works-of-climate-forward-fiction/

The Solarpunk Future: Five Essential Works of Climate-Forward Fiction

“Don’t readers ever get tired of being told that the world is coming to a nasty, ugly end and only a very few people will survive, by luck and by violence?” That’s the question asked by legendary s…

Tor.com
Show threadAnne DeschaineJan 16, 2023
@liztai Becky Chambers! She also skews hopepunk, but her works are gentle and full of heart.
Show threadElizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
@aehdeschaine This sounds like a genre I'd love to write in!
Jan 16, 2023 at 11:27pmWeb
Show threadAnne DeschaineJan 16, 2023
@liztai Me too! Dystopia has its grim uses, but wow, it's nice to imagine a happier place!
Show threadElizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Jan 16, 2023
@aehdeschaine That's why I've always loved Star Trek novels. The characters are in danger and all that, but they're working towards more peace and unity etc.
Show threadAnne DeschaineJan 17, 2023
@liztai I just saw this piece by Rebecca Solnit, which I think helps encapsulate why solarpunk is so necessary and rejuvenating. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/12/rebecca-solnit-climate-crisis-popular-imagination-why-we-need-new-stories
‘If you win the popular imagination, you change the game’: why we need new stories on climate

The long read: So much is happening, both wonderful and terrible – and it matters how we tell it. We can’t erase the bad news, but to ignore the good is the route to indifference or despair

The Guardian