[HN Gopher] From Steampunk to Solarpunk (2008)
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From Steampunk to Solarpunk (2008)
Author : zeristor
Score : 29 points
Date : 2024-06-09 09:00 UTC (1 days ago)
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| zeristor wrote:
| The Beluga Skysail ship:
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Onego_Deusto
| kevmoo1 wrote:
| Also recommend
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVlBmdvIC6s and
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqQJHja9qxU
| benrutter wrote:
| The technology is very cool- it's a shame to see this is from
| 2008 and for whatever reason, it hasn't caught on in the last 15
| years.
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| On another note, I find the idea of solarpunk really appealing,
| but don't come accross many specific recommendations (even this
| article only mentions one book)- anyone here have any good shouts
| on where to start?
| zem wrote:
| the "project hieroglyph" anthology is great. it's "techno-
| optimistic science fiction" which isn't 100% identical to
| solarpunk but does have considerable overlap.
|
| among older SF, "ecotopia" would definitely be called solarpunk
| if it were published today. it's a little preachy but I enjoyed
| it. becky chambers's "monk and robot" books are great modern
| examples, I can definitely recommend those if you like quietly
| philosophical science fiction.
| bee_rider wrote:
| Was this when the term was coined?
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| I've always thought it a little interesting--some older video
| games, the game Creatures, maybe some of the Final Fantasy games,
| possibly Myst(? I didn't actually play it), seem to have a sort
| of pseudo solarpunk aesthetic. Mostly I think because they wanted
| to have puzzles and doodads that were sort of interactive, but
| also free-standing, and also they wanted to have "old stuff"
| littered about, so it needs to be renewably powered, to avoid
| hard to answer questions about who's going around these ancient
| ruins fueling all this stuff up.
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| Or possibly solarpunk just drew inspiration from this stuff, I
| don't know.
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| Anyway, it is a cool vibe.
| jauntywundrkind wrote:
| According to wikipedia, this _From Steampunk to Solarpunk_
| (2008) post is when the term was coined.
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk#Background
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| I also really dig _hopepunk_ (2017), the opposite of grimdark.
| And shout out to _A Half Built Garden,_ (2022) a sci-fi first-
| encounter book described as solarpunk, hopepunk, and (coining
| the term) diaperpunk. Wikipedia:
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| > _The various "-punk" subgenres are connected by the idea of
| social disruption. Hopepunk in speculative fiction explores
| resistance, rebellion, and resilience as counters to apathy and
| cynicism._
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopepunk
| https://www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/comments/wtz2o2/a_halfbui...
| anthk wrote:
| Lots of Cryo games were like that.
| Barrin92 wrote:
| My issue with Solarpunk, given that it puts quite a bit of
| emphasis on wanting to inspire real world change is just how
| pastoral it always seems. When you see works inspired by it, it's
| always a nice walkable neighborhood with a bunch of cool eco
| friendly gadgetry[1] and so on.
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| It always seems very escapist to me, like a sort of techno
| Hobbingen view of the future. Is there a work in the Solarpunk
| genre that throws a Solarpunk society in a military
| confrontation? Especially today competitive and defense concerns
| again seem to drive energy and technological development.
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| [1] https://i0.wp.com/solarpunkmagazine.com/wp-
| content/uploads/2...
| rndmize wrote:
| Try this: https://readerslibrary.org/wp-
| content/uploads/Bicycle-Repair...
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