Recs if you like Afterglow: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors...
But WAIT. There’s Hope! ✨ANTHOLOGIES✨
Straight from the Solarpunk Manifesto, “We are solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.”
What if there’s more to our future? What if we were optimistic?
Below are the anthologies that have made it to O.E. Tearmann’s Open List of Positive and Hopeful Futures
Feel free to suggest any recs!
Solarpunk Sci-Fi
I did some digging for a bookclub and gathered some solarpunk books, and why not share them here? (I haven't read them all) If you have more suggestions I'll add them😊
Solarpunk is a sci-fi subgenre that envisions futures build on renewable energy, greentech and community. It is mostly meant to offer a positive alternative to dystopian visions of the future. The punk aspect is usually seen as the vision of the positive future, which is considered radical and rebellious itself.
Hopecore Solarpunk
Mix of fiction and non-fiction for those seeking hope, ideas and strength in this ongoing planetary crisis.
Queer Fiction Anthologies
Anthologies of fiction or comics that are either specifically themed around or prominently feature queer characters, stories, or authors
turn off your light and ride a bike
books that will make you feel dread when you pump gas into your car
A Short Story a Day...
... keeps the boredom away! 😁
Anthologies and single-author collections with a focus on genre fiction and marginalized authors. Suggestions always welcome.
SciFri Book Club
The SciFri Book Club, created by the people who bring you the weekly public radio show Science Friday, is a program to bring people together around all things science reading—anything from sci-fi short stories to nonfiction science books to science articles from various publications to science-y poetry!
