Recs if you like Woman on the Edge of Time...

"We’re solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair” - Adam Flynn Solarpunk is a genre of sci-fi that has emerged as a response to modern problems: climate change, technofascism, and rising individualism at the expense of community. Solarpunk is inherently optimistic and envisions the future I would want to live in.

older science fiction with lgbtq+ characters and/or authors and books that question gender and sexuality

main or side characters

Feminine rage, female empowerment, emotional validation. Women supporting women. Men being men. Feminism. Feminist reads.

"It is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism"

But these books try anyway

Also see: Star Trek (TNG and DS9) but those aren't books

A woman's place is in the revolution. Featuring magical/gifted women who disobey the powers that be and rage against the machine.

gays in space (or I guess sometimes dealing with space shit on earth), with a tending toward optimistic futures. this list will continue to grow and change over time. this list includes trans folks, queercore, and graphic novels.

if a book is part of a series, I'm only listing the first book just so the list doesn't get overrun.

50 books that involve time travel or parallel universes

sunny settings, or books that feel sunny and offer escapism from the winter blues in an eclectic blend of genres.

Editing to add: okay some of these books are SAD, my dudes, just like my seasonal affective disorder. But at the same time, they are soft and kind and a safe place for the big sad, if that makes sense?

These are books I’ve read and enjoyed that I don’t see talked about much and think are criminally underrated! Most are under 5000 ratings on goodreads, with a few exceptions

Sci-fi books from the 20th century that remagine gender or critique patriarchal ideas.

Sticking to novels written by non-male writers.

Since these are 20th century texts, they may present dated views.

Want a 20th century queer sci fi list? Check out the one made by @crowsolan

transhumanism, cyborg antics and general gender fuckery