Hey folks, appologies if this has been asked before (although surprisingly I couldn’t find a similar post) - what solarpunk book, film, game, tv, etc recommendations does every have?
I’m only just discovering the genre, looking for some good starting points!
I think Nausicaa or the valley of the wind would qualify, despite being more of a post-apocalyptic setting the overall morality of the film is very in line with solarpunk.
Edit: Here’s the opening scene to give you a sense of it: https://youtu.be/4YklSnS-P78?si=mzAao7YeQsodHOg_
Becky Chambers’ “Monk and Robot” series is very cozy solarpunk fiction.
Ecotopia is a fun one because it hits all the notes but predates the genre.
Murder in the Tool Library is a favorite of mine because the setting is awesome and aspirational while feeling real and human, and because the murder mystery plot is a change from the usual ecofiction.
The solarpunk TTRPG Fully Automated! is free (libre and gratis) and has several sections devoted to its setting and worldbuilding that helped me understand a bunch of solarpunk concepts by seeing them in practice and to start thinking much bigger with my own fiction. It also has some good advice on creating engaging plots in an aspirational solarpunk setting where a lot of the usual problems have been solved.
Also check out Coyote and Crow for a Solarpunk TTRPG
- Ecotopia - Ernest Callenbach
- The Dispossessed - Ursula K LeGuin
- Walkaway - Cory Doctorow
- The Lost Cause - Cory Doctorow
- Sunvault - multiple authors
- Psalm for the Wild Built - Becky Chambers
