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Any book recommendations? (programming.dev)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

[email protected] has a few good book recommendations already.

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Any specific book recommendation by Becky Chambers?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

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

[–] johnnycashsguitar 5 points 9 months ago

I highly recommend The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Walkaway by Cory Doctorow post scarcity economy (sci fi)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ministry for the future, by Kim Stanley Robinson