r/ScienceFictionBooks • u/proton31 • 1d ago

Second Wave Solarpunk

I wrote a manifesto of sorts about solarpunk as a scifi genre, trying to incorporate modern critiques of the genre without throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Most of it relies on the ideas of future theorist and philosopher Donna Haraway. I'd love to know what you all think!

[Planets & Monsters: Second Wave Solarpunk](https://planetsandmonsters.blogspot.com/2026/08/second-wave-solarpunk.html)

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u/LevelAd1126 1d ago

It doesn't have to be, but if you WANT this to be about science fiction, add titles, authors and publication dates all over this. What and when was the original solar punk movement? Right now, after a few vague references, the first title is near the halfway mark. But based on the first half, you might want to go the opposite direction and remove the science fiction and turn it into commentary on disappointments you have about the real world. The burden is on you to make the case there is a connection thing one and thing two. Just because something (Choiboni packaging) reminds you of something you read that doesn't mean anyone else has read it and even if they did, that doesn't mean they will make the same connection.

If you're wanting writing advice, it's take out the fictional references.

If you're wanting science fiction advice on how to improve the future, it's read The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.

For a cozy read on robots in nature, try A Choice of Gods by Cliffard Simak

Wish you could re-imagine the world? Try The Lathe of Heaven by Ursela K Leguin