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Any book recommendations? (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by syl@programming.dev to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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I am not sure what I am looking for, but I am interested in solar punk and am looking for books!

It could be fictional (scifi/fantasy/whatever) or more technical..

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

!fiction@slrpnk.net has a few good book recommendations already.

Otherwise: Becky Chambers seems to be popular as an author lately.

[–] syl@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Any specific book recommendation by Becky Chambers?

[–] admin@mastodon.futurelab.social 5 points 11 months ago

@syl @poVoq the Monk and Robot series is fantastic. Also recommend A Half-Built Garden and The Terraformers.

[–] johnnycashsguitar@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I highly recommend The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin.

[–] Lyrata@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you're looking for theory, The Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin is where it's at

Any sci fi novel by Ursula K. le Guin will have solarpunk elements, especially The Dispossessed

[–] gmoke@mastodon.social 1 points 11 months ago

@Lyrata @syl My notes on Bookchin's The Ecology of Freedom are at https://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-ecology-of-freedom.html

[–] GuilhermePelayo@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

Interesting... what made you think The dispossessed has solarpunk elements? Obviously anarchist but I feel like it doesn't have much focus on balance with the natural world, just in how the inhabitants of Anarres feel like the people on Urras have an actual planet and treat it like shit while they have a deserted planet and try as hard as they can to be In balance with it.

[–] admin@mastodon.futurelab.social 3 points 11 months ago

@syl https://wiki.futurelab.social/en/TheLibrary is a good place to start :)

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Walkaway by Cory Doctorow post scarcity economy (sci fi)

[–] tgirod@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

Ministry for the future, by Kim Stanley Robinson