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 threadPari Moon-Forest

@liztai
The answer is 100% in the first paragraph of this article. Ursula K Le Guin, The Goddess of #SolarPunk.

Tatterdemalion by Sylvia Linsteadt comes to mind. She is such a good writer.

I will not read doomsday 💩 which is just Armageddon rehash. I had gotten away from SciFi altogether bc of that, but thanks for the reminder.

Jan 17, 2023 at 3:31amWeb
Show threaddanJan 17, 2023

@PariMoonForest @liztai

As someone who wants to get into the genre - where should I start?

Show threadPari Moon-ForestJan 17, 2023
@dan @liztai
I'm not a writer, but I would say read LeGuin's Sci-fi.
Show threadSue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱Jan 18, 2023

@dan When I started writing hopepunk/solarpunk back in 2020, I blogged my way through discovering the genre. You might find that blog post series helpful: https://susankayequinn.com/2022/05/hopepunk-musings.html

Or my page on hopepunk/solarpunk with recs: https://susankayequinn.com/hopepunk-solarpunk

Hopepunk Musings

Hopepunk as a genre is still struggling to be born. It’s popping up in books like Becky Chambers’ Psalm for the Wild-Built, TV series like the third season of Star Trek: Discovery, and …

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Show threadSpīgana 🏳️‍🌈Jan 17, 2023
@PariMoonForest @liztai "Monk and Robot" series by Becky Chambers is the best #solarpunk literature of the later years. Exquisitely written, well thought through and also has a beautiful LGBT representation. Honestly, those books are everything I had dreamed of.