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…

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Show threadJacobCoffin
@liztai I recommended this elsewhere today but Ecotopia would probably qualify as ptoto-solarpunk at the very least, preceding the genre by a few decades as far as I know. I don't know its reach and I don't think I've seen it mentioned as a genre-founding piece but it has all the elements, even if it's dated in a few places.
Jan 17, 2023 at 12:08amWeb
Show threadJacobCoffinJan 17, 2023
@liztai It's formatted as a travelog by an American reporter who has been granted access to the recently-seceded west coast but it's mostly a vehicle for exploring ideas for a utopian, ecologically sound society.
Show threadL MouradJan 17, 2023
@jacobcoffin @liztai it makes me really happy to find others who have read Ecotopia.