Recs if you like Blackfish City...
Dig Your Toes into the Dirt: Solarpunk Futures
"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.
Climate Fiction: Further reading
Constantly being updated!
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Books from a wide variety of fiction genres that touch on climate themes in some way. Please bear in mind that while cli-fi can be hopeful, it also touches on a lot of difficult themes, so make sure to protect your mental health too.
rising waters
climate fic set in worlds impacted by rising water levels
recommendations welcome, as always!
Apocalyptic, But Make it Queer
Queer & trans stories in apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic worlds
First of a series only
Sister list to: Zombies, but make it Queer
As always, suggestions incredibly welcome!
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Note: Not specifically a list of good LGBTQ+ representation (though many of them absolutely are, and many are written by queer and/or trans authors!). But I haven't read all of them (yet), so this list doesn't inherently imply my recommendation, as such
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Don’t Drink the Water: Weird Towns
All the towns or cities in these books deserve a detour. Some probably even a quarantine. From bizarre creatures to cosmic weirdness to simmering malevolence to just plain human absurdity, these stories have it all. If you can’t keep driving, just remember, don’t drink the water
Queer Science Fiction
this is my favorite niche. all of my favorite books are this. if you like gays and sci fi you might find some new favorites too (constantly updating as I find more btw)
Nautical SFF
Seafaring stories and Little Mermaid-esque tales! (I'm excluding classics and books that just take place on the ocean but don't have any speculative elements, even my baby Moby Dick😭)
Incredible Sci Fi You've Probably Never Heard Of
Do you feel like you've read everything there is to read? Or get annoyed that the same books are on all the rec lists? Well, here are some more obscure masterpieces!
Some of the covers are terrible - especially among the older or self-pubbed books; there's a few YA in here; and some that are science fantasy rather than 'pure' sci fi. But trust me: they're all EXCELLENT. (And if you already love a bunch of these, let's be friends!)
Earth Lounge
Books for my library's environmental book club
Books I would save in the apocalypse
If society ever collapsed, I’m saving room in my survival pack for these cause they feel like survival guides and history books.
