The first anthology to broadly collect solarpunk writing

joannemerriam — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 15:46:09 -0800

A fundamentally hopeful new genre, solarpunk envisions a future of green, sustainable energy used by societies that value inclusiveness, cooperation, and personal freedom. Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation features A.C. Wise, Daniel José Older, Kristine Ong Muslim, Nisi Shawl, Lavie Tidhar, and others, all exploring solutions to environmental disasters.

Edited by Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Christopher Wieland, Sunvault contains original fiction and poetry by Elgin Award nominee Kristine Ong Muslim, New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older, James Tiptree, Jr. Award winner Nisi Shawl, World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar, and Lambda Literary Awards finalist A.C. Wise, as well as Jess Barber, Santiago Belluco, Lisa M. Bradley, Chloe N. Clark, Brandon Crilly, Yilun Fan and translator S. Qiouyi Lu, Jaymee Goh, José M. Jimenez, Maura Lydon, Camille Meyers, Lev Mirov, joel nathanael, Clara Ng, Sara Norja, Brandon O'Brien, Jack Pevyhouse, Bethany Powell, C. Samuel Rees, Iona Sharma, Karyn L. Stecyk, Bogi Takács, Aleksei Valentín, T.X. Watson, Nick Wood, and Tyler Young. The gorgeous cover art is by Likhain, who was a 2017 finalist for Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist.

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By: Just this guy, y'know

Just this guy, y'know — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 03:52:55 -0800

Oh, this is a fascinating genre of which I'd never heard before.
I would very much like an epub version so I can add it to my queue (right after this one).

I like the idea of having all my reading material derived from MeFi Projects.

I will of course write detailed reviews. :)
(and will memail you all this too)

By: Just this guy, y'know

Just this guy, y'know — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 03:57:12 -0800

Also I like the extension of the convention that says that we can describe the set and setting of a speculative fiction story by appending Punk to the dominant power source.

SteamPunk
DieselPunk
SolarPunk

Is there also WindPunk (for pirate sci fi?)
FusionPunk?
FissionPunk (For alt 1950's spec scifi?)

By: xingcat

xingcat — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:17:28 -0800

I'd never heard of solarpunk...I'm definitely intrigued!

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