What is Solarpunk? It's sometimes hard to pin down. These books might not be entirely utopian, but they contain at least a nugget of hope in the shape of a better world to grasp for.
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The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
4 stars
From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.
Destry's life …
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4 stars
Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie Edmund Eli Wiley Marvin Ellis …
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
4 stars
Bursting with cutting-edge speculation and human insight, Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is a coming-of-age romantic …
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
4 stars
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
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Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers, Emmett Grosland (Monk and Robot, #2)
4 stars
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
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4 stars
We survive capitalism. Evolving into a library economy, we flourish in a garden city powered by the sun. People no …
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
5 stars
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
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The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
4 stars
An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first …
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"Twenty years have passed since Northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the United States to create a new nation, …
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Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers by Jaymee Goh, Wendy Nikel, D.K. Mok, and 1 other
4 stars
Solarpunk is a type of optimistic science fiction that imagines a future founded on renewable energies. The seventeen stories in …
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Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation by A. C. Wise
4 stars
Every story and poem in this optimistic illustrated anthology of “solarpunk and eco-speculation” portrays a future in which environmental disaster …
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Glass and Gardens by Sarena Ulibarri
5 stars
This anthology envisions winters of the future, with stories of scientists working together to protect narwhals from an oil spill, …
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Solarpunk Creatures by Sarena Ulibarri, Christoph Rupprecht, Deborah Cleland, and 3 others
A newly sentient AI inhabits a Roomba to escape from their research office, and a robotic dog hunts for rain …
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Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson (Three Californias (3))
4 stars
2065: In a world that has rediscovered harmony with nature, the village of El Modena, California, is an ecotopia in …
