Yes walkaway was good- interesting. It used an entertaining plot, chars, setting, etc to really explore some alternative methods of political/ societal functioning.
I'd love to listen to folks (smarter than me) compare or even role play thru that book and some of his others and some cultures from Becky Chambers work and Octavia Butler's and LeGuin and Starhawk's and so many others...
@zd9@vudu
First, yes everything by Octavia Butler is awesome!
!!!
Second, as a warning, imho, parable of the sower is beautiful but pretty harsh- painful. The following one, parable of the talents follows the story arcs into a bit more inspiring (hopeful?) direction, with some more kinda astonishingly correct predictions, and a lot deeper look into the beautiful of how society could be ...
Yep that's what I've heard about Parable of the Sower but all the more reason to read it. I work on a cluster called Butler named after her so apparently she's pretty good.
@vudu Yes that's what i said above. but that's why i mentioned the sequel (parable of the talents) which imho very much does demonstrate that beautiful potential.
Wow you weren't kidding, that's a long read. Without reading that link yet, I did think it was a bit hard to follow and the first time I kind of fizzled out around half way through the book. I think the actual narrative techniques made it less engaging than it should've been.
I've just read Freedom farmers: agricultural resistance and the Black Freedom Movement (Monica M. White). The french translation was just added to my town public library.
Do you guys read in English only or do you have Books in other language as well?
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Mastema@infosec.pub · 16 pts · 98d
That's what I have so far. I've read or referred to most of them. DM me if anyone wants anything.
Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
Do you have a favorite for aquaponics? Also I'd love the food forest ones and propagation.
Mastema@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 97d
I sent you a message.
Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 96d
Thank you! Can't wait to dig in.
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 98d
Can someone recommend me some solarpunk literature?
technomad@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 98d
Bright Green Futures might be a good place to start
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 98d
thanks, I will check it out
vudu@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 98d
What are you looking for?
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 98d
got anyting tech related?
vudu@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 96d
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/ is perhaps interesting. If you are looking for things related to computing then I'd suggest https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55134785-how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 95d
Hey, this stuff is awesome. thanks again
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 96d
thank you very much
zd9@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 98d
Not taking a photo, but here are mine:
The Ministry for the Future
I'm With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet
Termination Shock
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
American War (Omar El Akkad)
Books that I want to read but haven't:
Petroleum Papers
Seveneves
Parable of the Sower (Butler)
The Language of Climate Politics (Guenther)
The Deluge (Markley)
Merchants of Doubt (Oreskes)
The Big Myth (Oreskes)
SargonOfACAB@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 97d
Looking at that list, you might also be interested in the novel Walkaway.
StorieswithaWill@fosstodon.org · 3 pts · 96d
@SargonOfACAB @zd9
Yes walkaway was good- interesting. It used an entertaining plot, chars, setting, etc to really explore some alternative methods of political/ societal functioning.
I'd love to listen to folks (smarter than me) compare or even role play thru that book and some of his others and some cultures from Becky Chambers work and Octavia Butler's and LeGuin and Starhawk's and so many others...
zd9@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 97d
Interesting, thanks!
StorieswithaWill@fosstodon.org · 2 pts · 96d
@zd9 @vudu
First, yes everything by Octavia Butler is awesome!
!!!
Second, as a warning, imho, parable of the sower is beautiful but pretty harsh- painful. The following one, parable of the talents follows the story arcs into a bit more inspiring (hopeful?) direction, with some more kinda astonishingly correct predictions, and a lot deeper look into the beautiful of how society could be ...
zd9@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 96d
Yep that's what I've heard about Parable of the Sower but all the more reason to read it. I work on a cluster called Butler named after her so apparently she's pretty good.
vudu@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 95d
vudu@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 95d
I personally do not believe Parable of the Sower is solarpunk because (for me) it does not demonstrate possible hopeful and sustainable futures.
StorieswithaWill@fosstodon.org · 2 pts · 95d
@vudu Yes that's what i said above. but that's why i mentioned the sequel (parable of the talents) which imho very much does demonstrate that beautiful potential.
StorieswithaWill@fosstodon.org · 1 pts · 49d
@zd9 @vudu
Re
Ministry for future
I like the researched science of it, but it had some real problems
Long read but worth reading- well explained analysis!
https://alxd.org/ministry-for-the-future-review.html
zd9@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 48d
Wow you weren't kidding, that's a long read. Without reading that link yet, I did think it was a bit hard to follow and the first time I kind of fizzled out around half way through the book. I think the actual narrative techniques made it less engaging than it should've been.
vudu@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 98d
Not pictured: all the ebooks!
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden · 5 pts · 98d
I thought about doing some kind of screenshot, but then I'd have to tag the solarpunk related ones and that would be too much effort :D
I mostly gave up on paper books, but I miss having nice bookshelves a bit. Yours looks very nice! I must admit I don't know any of those.
socsa@piefed.social · 7 pts · 98d
Needs more Post Scarcity Anarchism
rimu@piefed.social · 1 pts · 98d
It does!
the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 98d
Books everywhere on many diy shelves scattered with drives filled with ebooks just in case the nazis come so I can bury them like a dog.
pseudo@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 97d
I've just read Freedom farmers: agricultural resistance and the Black Freedom Movement (Monica M. White). The french translation was just added to my town public library.
Do you guys read in English only or do you have Books in other language as well?
vudu@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 96d
Some of my books are in Croatian