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Any book recommendations? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Any specific book recommendation by Becky Chambers?

[–] admin@mastodon.futurelab.social 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] johnnycashsguitar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I highly recommend The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin.

[–] Lyrata@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year 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

[–] GuilhermePelayo@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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

Walkaway by Cory Doctorow post scarcity economy (sci fi)

[–] tgirod@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Ministry for the future, by Kim Stanley Robinson