65dBnoise<p>Hiroko said, “Net gain in beauty.”<br>Arkady said, “Net gain in freedom.”<br>And then they all stared at Ann. [...] and all she could do was point a shaking finger at them and say, “Mars. Mars. Mars.”<br> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a>, Green Mars.</p><p>MCZ_LEFT, Sol: 416<br>Credit: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>/JPL-Caltech/ASU/@65dBnoise </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Perseverance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perseverance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars2020" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars2020</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KSR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KSR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenMars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenMars</span></a></p>
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Walt<p>Finished reading:</p><p>Red Mars<br>by<br>Kim Stanley Robinson</p><p>...very long novel, but worth the read!<br>Two thumbs up!<br>👍 🤖 👍 </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_tri</span><span class="invisible">logy</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/coverart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coverart</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a></p><p>Groups:<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scifi</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Scifiart" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Scifiart</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/ScienceFiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sciencefiction</span></a></span></p>
Walt<p>Please BOOST!<br>SPECIAL COLLECTORS EDITION of Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson<br>US $290.00<br><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31238823077" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetai</span><span class="invisible">lsPL?bi=31238823077</span></a><br>or see the full collection here:<br><a href="https://astralcomputing.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">astralcomputing.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/coverart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coverart</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a></p><p>Groups:<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scifi</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Scifiart" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Scifiart</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/ScienceFiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sciencefiction</span></a></span></p>
Walt<p>Happy Birthday!<br>Kim Stanley Robinson, born March 23, 1952, is a celebrated science fiction author known for his visionary works on climate change and space exploration. Green Mars (1993), won the 1994 Hugo Award for Best Novel and the 1994 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stan</span><span class="invisible">ley_Robinson</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/coverart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coverart</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a></p><p>Groups:<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scifi</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Scifiart" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Scifiart</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/ScienceFiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sciencefiction</span></a></span></p>
Diplo Dino<p>Finished <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> The Gold Coast by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a>. It’s more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> IMHO although there’s plenty of attention given to the features of the land and the history of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orangecounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orangecounty</span></a>. If you’re interested in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> and curious to learn about the region while also enjoying a futuristic read, I would recommend it.</p><p>With that said, I do feel like this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> in particular left more loose ends than usual, so I’m curious what the last part of this “triptych” will be like!</p>
65dBnoise<p>In June 2024, Kim Stanley Robinson was invited to the University of Oxford at the Hertford College for the official launch of the "Oxford Ministry for the Future" (OMF), which hopes to amplify voices for a sustainable political economy of the future.</p><p>The inaugural event featured Kate Raworth (author of Doughnut Economics) and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a> alongside some very, very interesting panelists.</p><p>Here is that event:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8bzgzSr8RQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=A8bzgzSr8RQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KSR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KSR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politicalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalEconomy</span></a></p>
David Farnell<p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BookCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookCover</span></a> for the <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> of Ministry for the Future by <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a>. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
Janus<p><strong>Mord på Merkur</strong></p><p>Bidder af fremtiden. Sådan føles det at læse den Kim Stanley Robinson-samling, som SFC har udsendt: “Mord på Merkur”. For Robinson har en gudsbenådet evne til at fremkalde små uddrag af en virkelighed, der føles rigtig – han overforklarer ikke, men giver os de oplysninger, der er nødvendige, og lader os selv fylde detaljerne ind.</p><p>“Mord på Merkur” giver os 12 eksempler, som også viser, hvor bredt forfatteren favner, for tonen er ikke den samme på tværs af teksterne. Her er en monolog, her er en Sherlock Holmes-pastiche (i en mobil-by på Merkur), her er Twilight Zone-vibes, her klassisk science fiction; man ved ikke på forhånd, hvad man går ind til, når man starter en novelle her, og det er i sig selv en fornøjelse.</p><p>Det er en samling for folk, der gerne vil have en portion god, eftertænksom science fiction. Er man ude efter skarpe slutninger eller tjubang, skal man nok snuppe en anden bog, men man kan heller ikke kræve alting i samme portion, og der er masser at læse sig mæt i her.</p><p>Det er Niels Dalgaard, der har redigeret og oversat – og leverer et grundigt efterord, der tegner forfatterskabet konturer op. Og hvis man som undertegnede har forsømt det i flere år, er der heldigvis masser af kaste sig over. Selv på dansk, hvor A Mock Book i slutningen af sidste år sendte “Fremtidsministeriet” ud på dansk. Gennem både disse to, “En besked fra år 2071” og “Antarktis” løber en tråd af en forfatter, der tager stilling til verden og tager brydetag med store spørgsmål som klimaforandringer og de politiske kræfter, der former verden omkring os. “Mord på Merkur” er et godt sted at starte, som unægteligt giver lyst til mere.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://superkultur.dk/tag/kim-stanley-robinson/" target="_blank">#KimStanleyRobinson</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://superkultur.dk/tag/noveller/" target="_blank">#noveller</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://superkultur.dk/tag/science-fiction/" target="_blank">#scienceFiction</a></p>
Nat Oleander<p>Whoever recommended The Ministry For the Future:</p><p>Oh. My. Fucking. God. This book did NOT come to play.</p><p>Holy fucking shit it's some of the best <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/clifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clifi</span></a> of all time.</p><p>I'm only a fifth of the way through it and I am GOBSMACKED. I'm gonna have some quotations to share but I'll start with the one that I'd heard before...</p><p>“It is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.”</p><p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/kimstanleyrobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kimstanleyrobinson</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@JanPV" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JanPV</span></a></span> <br>I love science fiction. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a>'s "2312" (Nebula Award) describes such a future of mining asteroids. I think he's quite optimistic abt the year though :-) Others too have explored that same fantasy.</p><p>As an engineer though, I must work in the universe we call "reality". The cost of sustaining life and structures in outer space is astronomical compared to that on Earth. Until a magic super precious material justifying the cost is found there, it'll never happen. QED.</p>
Marie VC, PhD<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04116-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-04116-4</span></a></p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pxlmo.com/stevelieberart" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevelieberart</span></a></span> (Bluesky)</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ClimateDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiary</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/CollectiveWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveWork</span></a></p>
alxd ✏️ solarpunk prompts<p>Do the <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> or <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> Mastodon have any idea for a <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magazine</span></a> or a portal that would be interested in my <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>review</span></a> of <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/kimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kimStanleyRobinson</span></a> 's "Ministry for the Future" ?</p><p>I already published it on my blog last year, but I'd like to start a wider discussion about the book and the way it portrays some themes.</p><p>It's in English 8000 words with multiple quoted passages. I'm not looking for any royalties, just want to spread the word.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/bookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookReview</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/climateFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateFiction</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@andrealuck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>andrealuck</span></a></span> <br>All right, it's all coming together piece by piece 😀 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarsTrilogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarsTrilogy</span></a> map using your georeferenced images as overlays:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QGIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a></p>
RanaldClouston<p>According to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TheStorygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheStorygraph</span></a> I've passed 20,000 pages read this year, now I've <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FinishedReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinishedReading</span></a> this relatively early piece of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> . An interesting way to approach a utopian setting (Orange County CA after a global eco-revolution), focusing on human-level dramas (corruption in local politics, unrequited love, grief) rather than a grand threat to the utopia. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/KSR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KSR</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Do you believe in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSolutions</span></a>? You just might be a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a>.</p><p>What started as an idea for a new approach to science fiction has evolved into a worldwide community.</p><p>"For practical inspiration, solarpunk looks to permaculture and Indigenous agriculture, sustainable architecture like Earthships and Arcosanti, as well as the maker movement and DIY culture. The future-focused inspiration has roots in the work of science fiction writers like Ursula K. Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Octavia E. Butler, all of whom explore climate change, alternative economies, and equitable community in their work." </p><p>by Sarena Ulibarri Contributor<br>Apr 04, 2022 </p><p>"There are people all over the world who believe a just and sustainable world is possible. Maybe you’re one of them. Oh, the details of how that world works will vary according to our individual priorities and values, not to mention the physical and political climate of where we live. But we share the same vision: a future in which we’ve tackled the environmental and social justice issues of our time in a way that brings humanity, nature, and technology into harmony. We dream of green, community-centered cities; of high-tech, ethical farms; of pollution-free skies and plastic-free oceans. We dream of a world of abundance and inclusion, with equitable resource distribution and flattened hierarchies. We know we can’t achieve this by following the same path we’ve been walking; we must work together to blaze a new and better trail.</p><p>"We are artists and writers and musicians. We are activists and community organizers and urban planners. We are architects and scientists and engineers. We are gardeners and gamers and makers.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Though we sometimes disagree about what a solarpunk world looks like, we are united by our vision of a future based on hope. But 'hope' is a tricky concept. It can be a catalyst for action, or a crutch supporting denial. Hiding from horrid realities or deluding ourselves that everything will turn out OK is not the type of hope solarpunks embrace. We know that climate change is here, and we acknowledge how bad it could get. We accept that tough times lie ahead, and imagine ways of adapting to those challenges with resilience, compassion, and equity. We’re rethinking how we live our lives and how we organize our societies, trying to reshape our systems so they serve the needs of the many instead of the wants of the few. We’re rethinking our relationships with technology and with nature, searching for a sustainable balance between the two."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://grist.org/fix/climate-fiction/do-you-believe-in-climate-solutions-you-just-might-be-a-solarpunk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/fix/climate-fiction/</span><span class="invisible">do-you-believe-in-climate-solutions-you-just-might-be-a-solarpunk/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UrsulaKLeGuin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrsulaKLeGuin</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OctaviaButler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OctaviaButler</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEK</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlternativeEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeDollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeDollar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeBanks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EquitableCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EquitableCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resiliency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resiliency</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnotherWorldIsPossible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnotherWorldIsPossible</span></a></p>
Forrest Brown<p>I'm very excited to announce that the essay I wrote last year about The Ministry for the Future by <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a> and the social discount rate was selected for the inaugural issue of Pace Layers, available now from The Long Now Foundation! <a href="https://stickyweather.com/2024/12/03/pace-layers.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stickyweather.com/2024/12/03/p</span><span class="invisible">ace-layers.html</span></a></p>
Roseanna Cunningham 🏴🖖<p>So, I read Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy when the books were first published (early 1990s). They were fascinating and I enjoyed them immensely so here I am re-reading but in the middle of the first book Red Mars, I’m already struggling!! Irritating characters, very very long chunks of science explainers - & the meandering nature of the whole thing.</p><p>What the hell? Does anyone else experience this….disappointment on re-reads?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MarsTrilogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarsTrilogy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a></p>
tinderness<p>📖 <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/buchstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buchstodon</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p><p>Nachdem ich <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/PartsPerMillion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartsPerMillion</span></a> von <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/TheresaHannig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheresaHannig</span></a> nun doch zu Ende gebracht habe, muss ich der Vollständigkeit halber <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/DasMinisteriumF%C3%BCrDieZukunft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DasMinisteriumFürDieZukunft</span></a> von <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a> lesen. Allein schon wegen des auch dort beschriebenen Ökoterrorismus.</p>
Cory Doctorow<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>10yrsago</span></a> Middle class brands collapse, 1% brands thrive <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/business/the-middle-class-is-steadily-eroding-just-ask-the-business-world.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2014/02/03/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/the-middle-class-is-steadily-eroding-just-ask-the-business-world.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>10yrsago</span></a> How UK spies committed illegal DoS against <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Anonymous</span></a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/war-anonymous-british-spies-attacked-hackers-snowden-docs-show-n21361" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/investigation</span><span class="invisible">s/war-anonymous-british-spies-attacked-hackers-snowden-docs-show-n21361</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>10yrsago</span></a> Toronto’s reference library gets a <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/makerspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>makerspace</span></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140209061223/http://torontoist.com/2014/02/reference-library-unveils-3d-printers-is-cooler-than-indigo/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2014020906</span><span class="invisible">1223/http://torontoist.com/2014/02/reference-library-unveils-3d-printers-is-cooler-than-indigo/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>10yrsago</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ToxicAvenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ToxicAvenger</span></a>’s brilliant rant about the importance of <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/NetNeutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NetNeutrality</span></a> <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2014/02/05/innovation-our-better-future-depend-preserving-net-neutrality/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2014/02/05/innova</span><span class="invisible">tion-our-better-future-depend-preserving-net-neutrality/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>10yrsago</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a> on <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> and California: “California is a terraformed space” <a href="https://boomcalifornia.org/2014/01/27/kim-stanley-robinson/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boomcalifornia.org/2014/01/27/</span><span class="invisible">kim-stanley-robinson/</span></a></p><p>7/</p>
Cory Doctorow<p>I'm a <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> writer. I *love* stories about space. But I can distinguish fantasy from reality and thought experiments from suggestions. <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a>'s 2015 novel *Aurora* - about failed space settlement - is every bit as fascinating and inspirational as "golden age" sf:</p><p><a href="https://memex.craphound.com/2015/11/02/kim-stanley-robinsons-aurora-space-is-bigger-than-you-think/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">memex.craphound.com/2015/11/02</span><span class="invisible">/kim-stanley-robinsons-aurora-space-is-bigger-than-you-think/</span></a></p><p>29/</p>
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