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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by mbb70 on Thursday May 12, 2022 @10:05AM (#31354385)
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson is pretty good if quite preachy.

It shows how bleak things have gotten that a book about surviving the coming climate crisis seems fantastical.

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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by vvillena on Thursday May 12, 2022 @10:42AM (#31354909)
The Mars trilogy from the same author is also a good recommendation. Hmm, probably his whole bibliography. Lots of solarpunk elements.
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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by renewiltord on Thursday May 12, 2022 @11:23AM (#31355511)
Kim's a dude. Not a big deal. Just thought you'd like to know.

I didn't like the detective-ish novel set in NYC after the climate change crisis but if I'd lived an appreciable time there I might have.

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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by vvillena on Thursday May 12, 2022 @11:26AM (#31355558)
Haha, I just noticed, I got him mixed with another author!
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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by dr_dshiv on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:45PM (#31357503)
I couldn’t get past the middle. It dragged.

Does it get into the solar tech punkd quasioptimism by the end?

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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by mbb70 on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:00PM (#31358686)
Oh lord does it drag, but yes by the end it's socialism and dirigibles for all.
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