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Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation Paperback – Illustrated, August 29, 2017

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Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation is the first anthology to broadly collect solarpunk short fiction, artwork, and poetry. A new genre for the 21st Century, solarpunk is a revolution against despair. Focusing on solutions to environmental disasters, solarpunk envisions a future of green, sustainable energy used by societies that value inclusiveness, cooperation, and personal freedom. Edited by Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Christopher Wieland, Sunvault focuses on the stories of those inhabiting the crucial moments when great change can be made by people with the right tools; stories of people living during tipping points, and the spaces before and after them; and stories of those who fight to effect change and seek solutions to ecological disruption. Contributors include Elgin Award nominee Kristine Ong Muslim, New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older, James Tiptree, Jr. Award winner Nisi Shawl, World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar, and Lambda Literary Awards finalist A.C. Wise, as well as Jess Barber, Santiago Belluco, Lisa M. Bradley, Chloe N. Clark, Brandon Crilly, Yilun Fan and translator S. Qiouyi Lu, Jaymee Goh, José M. Jimenez, Maura Lydon, Camille Meyers, Lev Mirov, joel nathanael, Clara Ng, Sara Norja, Brandon O’Brien, Jack Pevyhouse, Bethany Powell, C. Samuel Rees, Iona Sharma, Karyn L. Stecyk, Bogi Takács, Aleksei Valentín, T.X. Watson, Nick Wood, and Tyler Young.

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Every story and poem in this optimistic illustrated anthology of "solarpunk and eco-speculation" portrays a future in which environmental disaster is encroaching on or encompassing our world, but a glimmer of hope remains. . . . Some pieces are bizarre. Many are haunting and will linger in the reader's memory. Readers who've had their fill of dystopian fiction will want to explore these more positive futures.
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Daniel José Older is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shadowshaper Cypher, including Shadowhouse Fall and Shadowshaper (Scholastic, 2015), a New York Times Notable Book of 2015, which won the International Latino Book Award and was named one of Esquire's 80 Books Every Person Should Read, and writes the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series from Penguin's Roc Books.

Phoebe Wagner grew up in Pennsylvania, the third generation to live in the Susquehanna River Valley. She spent her days among the endless hills pretending to be an elf, and, eventually, earned a B.A. in English: Creative Writing from Lycoming College, where she also met her husband. She is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University. Follow her on Twitter: @pheebs_w.

Brontë Christopher Wieland is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University where he thinks about how language, culture, and storytelling shape the world around us. In 2014, he earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Mathematics and Linguistics. His fiction has appeared in Flash Fiction Online and Hypertext Magazine. Follow him on Twitter: @BeezyAl.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Upper Rubber Boot Books; Illustrated edition (August 29, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 193779475X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1937794750
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.58 x 9 inches
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Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2018
A fun and refreshing read! I loved the eclectic mix of stories, poems, and art. I loved the broad representation of diverse backgrounds and levels of writing experience among contributors. The contributor bios were fun to read. The only thing I would improve if possible is that the art entries were not up to the same level as the written work, but that is not a big deal to me at all. Overall, this was a delightful and joyous adventure. Very unique! I hope there's a next edition.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2022
Just what I needed in these bleak times. Stories of human hope, beauty, and connection under any climate outcome or governing body.
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2020
Sunvault is a collection that seems designed to introduce and promote a new subgenre of science fiction - Solarpunk. A reaction to the negativity and dystopianism of much of modern SciFi, Solarpunk tries to present positive view of the future.

To quote the forward by Andrew Dincher.

"SF that examines the possibility of a future in which currently emerging movements in society and culture such as the green movement, the Black Lives Matter movement, and certain aspect of Occupy Wall Street coalesce to create a more optimistic future in a more just world."

I don’t know how well these stories fall into that mold. Certainly some of them do, but many do appear to still be dystopias. Also the collection is generally positive, but doesn’t really have any exceptional stories and many that I have rated “Good” barely cross that threshold.

A few of the best are: Last Chance by Tyler Young, A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World by A. C. Wise, and Pop and the CFT by Brandon Crilly.

Note: The table of contents lists art works and poetry. I have not included those works for review, because I don’t consider myself qualified to rate them in any meaningful way.

Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation is rated 70%.

11 good / 6 average / 3 poor.

The Boston Hearth Project by T.X. Watson

Good. A Shadowrun-Cyberpunk style action tale of a crew that occupies an event center to protect the homeless from winter.

Speechless Love by Yilun Fan, trans. S. Qiouyi Lu

Good. A gentle love story with a twist. Two people in their own floating pods connect around congee and Chinese culture.

Strandbeest Dreams by Lisa M. Bradley and José M. Jimenez

Good. An unconventional mixture of poetry and prose detailing the technological hunt for an animal.

Teratology by C. Samuel Rees

Good. In the future, women go out fishing, looking for genetic abnormalities, and quietly commenting on the state of the world.

Eight Cities by Iona Sharma

Poor. No memories of this story. Nothing I recall

Dust by Daniel José Older

Average. A gender-fluid character has a connection to an asteroid.

The Death of Pax by Santiago Belluco

Average. Story that posits giant kaiju-like monsters as humanities future, but people are still people.

Last Chance by Tyler Young

Good. A wonderful and wrenching tale of children prepared to save the world from destruction. One of my favorites in the collection.

The Desert, Blooming by Lev Mirov

Good. A detailed and exciting story about what ecological reconstruction might look like.

The Trees Between by Karyn L Stecyk

Average. Another rebuilding the environment story. This time focuses around trees and seismic activity.

Boltzmann Brain by Kristine Ong Muslim

Average. A series of updates from a Scandinavian Global Seed Bank.

The Road to the Sea by Lavie Tidhar

Good. A beautifully written story of a child and mother who voyage to take a look at the sea.

The Reset by Jaymee Goh

Good. An ingenious method of almost-time-travel is applied with dramatic disruption to every person on earth.

Pop and the CFT by Brandon Crilly

Good. A dystopian story about ecological taxes applies to families after the death of a loved one.

You and Me and Deep Dark Sea by Jess Barber

Poor. A man returns to an ecologically destroyed California Coast and finds new life and love.

Thirstlands by Nick Wood

Average. A journalist in a water-poor future Africa, struggles to balance security and his relationships.

Solar Child by Camille Meyers

Good. A small scientific outpost, afloat on the ocean and beset by danger, hosts an very wealthy visitor. And genetically enginnered pterodactyls.

The Colors of Money by Nisi Shawl

Average. Spies and family betrayal admit a future Zanzibar.

The Herbalist by Maura Lydon

Poor. One character buys basil from another character?

A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World by A. C. Wise

Good. A great ending to this collection. A man writes love letters to his deceased wife as the rest of his family - and the world - leaves a dying earth on a generational starship. Heart warming and tragic at the same time.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

First off, full disclosure, I'm not really that into Sci-Fi. But I WANT to be into Sci-Fi so sometimes I will request random anthologies, especially if it's something like Solarpunk that I haven't read before, on the off-chance that I will find something I actually like. I do feel like this is a very good introduction to Solarpunk - there are prose stories of varying lengths, poems, and even some illustrations. There were a few stories that I really liked that stood out to me - the first story in the anthology - about a team of people who take over a new hotel to use as a homeless shelter - and one later on in the book - about a scientist who tries to reset the Earth back 30 years to get rid of some of the pollution.

But a LOT of the stories in this anthology were what I would call dystopian and I am just so over that sub-genre in particular. It isn't exactly like the normal dystopian stuff because it focuses more on the environment and I would say it definitely has a more hopeful tone, but by the end a lot of the stories - while not necessarily bad in and of themselves - were definitely blending together for me. It's still a good book though and I think it could easily be a 4 or 5 star read for someone who is more into Sci-Fi in general.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2017
I got a kickstarter copy of the book before it's release and read through it in a couple of days! Everything from the art to the stories are absolutely wonderful. Some of my favorites include "Strandbeest Dreaming" and "The Death of Pax" although I absolutely adored the one that takes place on an astroid about to hit Earth, and the one with the gay science dads. Oh, and the poem about the Helsinki sun harvest was amazing too!

Brönte and Phoebe set out to make a landmark Solarpunk collection, and I think they've done a brilliant job accomplishing that. This is exactly the kind of hopeful future (not an easy future, not a happy one, but a HOPEFUL one) that I want to see played out in our own world. Cannot recommend this book enough.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2017
Okay, honestly, I don't think a lot of these stories can really be called "solarpunk," but as an attempt to collate a genre that's still very much still forming, this is a good place to start. "Last Chance," "Catalog of Sunlight at the End of the World" and "The Reset" were my favorites. If you're tired of dystopia and grimdark and the dire pessimism of so much recent science fiction, these stories will feel like a breath of fresh air.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2018
I have recently come across the concept of "solarpunk", a more positive take on the future than cyberpunk. This collection is a good introduction to some of the dominant themes and ideas in this genre, as well as being a good collection of stories. It is well worth reading.
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jorge
4.0 out of 5 stars woow
Reviewed in Mexico on December 24, 2018
a total trip....
D. Merriam
5.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction to solarpunk
Reviewed in Canada on November 19, 2017
Excellent anthology of short speculative fiction and poetry from the solarpunk subgenre. Too many highlights to single out contributions; the depth and diversity of talent included is really impressive. Highly recommended!