Fiction

18 items in this subcategory

Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-Speculation

The definitive solarpunk fiction anthology. Short stories imagining sustainable, equitable, technology-integrated futures.

A Psalm for the Wild-Built : Becky Chambers

Gentle, hopeful science fiction about a world where robots gained sentience and walked into the wilderness. Cozy solarpunk at its finest.

The Dispossessed : Ursula K. Le Guin

Proto-solarpunk masterwork. An anarchist physicist travels between two worlds, exploring radically different social structures.

Low-Tech Magazine : Solar-Powered Website

A website powered by a solar panel. Deep research on low-tech solutions, historical technologies, and sustainable design.

Ecotopia : Ernest Callenbach

The original ecological utopia novel. Northern California secedes to build a sustainable society. Dated but foundational.

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy : Becky Chambers

Sequel to Psalm for the Wild-Built. Continues exploring a post-industrial solarpunk world.

The Terraformers : Annalee Newitz

Far-future planetary engineering with solarpunk sensibilities. Cooperation between species, sustainable design.

The Ministry for the Future : Kim Stanley Robinson

The blueprint for institutional climate action. Cross-link to Essential Green Reading kit.

New York 2140 : Kim Stanley Robinson

Flooded New York thriving through adaptation and innovation. Climate adaptation as economic opportunity.

Parable of the Sower : Octavia Butler

Foundational climate fiction. Community building amid environmental collapse. Renewed relevance.

The Water Knife : Paolo Bacigalupi

Water scarcity thriller set in the American Southwest. Near-future climate fiction with economic dimensions.

Solarpunk: Short Stories from Many Futures (Verso, ed.)

International anthology with global solarpunk voices from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, UK, USA.

Multispecies Cities (ed. Christoph Rupprecht)

Solarpunk stories exploring coexistence with other species in urban environments.

Half-Earth Socialism : Troy Vettese & Drew Pendergrass

Radical ecological planning. Includes an online planning game. Intellectual provocation with playable tool.

A Planet to Win : Kate Aronoff et al.

Radical Green New Deal vision. Concrete policy proposals for a livable future.

Fully Automated Luxury Communism : Aaron Bastani

Technology-driven abundance as climate solution. Provocative, optimistic framing.

Low-tech Magazine: The Printed Website

Collected essays from the solar-powered website. Offline reading. Questions technological progress.

No Tech Magazine

Companion to Low-Tech Magazine. Focuses on forgotten technologies and sustainable historical solutions.

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