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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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The Mellow Tigger Jan 17, 2023

@liztai "The Actual Star" by Monica Byrne is also very good.

https://mellowtigger.dreamwidth.org/376293.html

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The Mellow Tigger

@liztai Oh, and "The Fifth Sacred Thing" by Starhawk is an older book that might qualify, although it's near future rather than far future. (Anyone who read this book knew immediately what the movie "The Fifth Element" was about.)