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 threadSue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱Jan 16, 2023

@liztai Solarpunk is just getting started, but I'm writing it as well as many others. I highly recommend Solarpunk Magazine to get a sampling of short works.

I have more recs on my website: https://susankayequinn.com/hopepunk-solarpunk

My Nothing is Promised series is near-future solarpunk (hopepunk climate fiction): https://susankayequinn.com/series/nothing-is-promised

Hopepunk/Solarpunk

Scroll down for Hopepunk/Solarpunk recommendations SUE TALKS HOPEPUNK Sue’s article on hopepunk in DreamForge Magazine “Rewriting the Future” (Sept 2023) Sue at the Pittsburgh Sus…

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Show threadBrightFlame 🌟☀️🌙
@susankayequinn @liztai I point to lots of resources in this post and the CSF article it points to. http://brightflame.com/solarpunk-futures-tilting-towards-a-better-world/ Since then, a number of my #solarpunk stories have come out as well.
Solarpunk Futures: Tilting Towards a Better World ⋆ BrightFlame

Solarpunk is a movement grounded in reality that points us towards justice and a regenerative world. My article is up at Columbia University

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Jan 17, 2023 at 2:58amWeb