#hopepunk
New instance, new #Introduction ! I was part of the great #SapphicMigration in Nov 2022 but have moved servers several times as I learn more about the fediverse and seek community.
My interests are #SapphicBooks, #AudioBooks,
#Democracy, #HopePunk, #DigitalPrivacy, fascinated by and scared about #AI
I am striving to be #WFPB.
Currently, I live in a red state in the US. However, my wife and I are in the process of moving to #Portugal this year.
My doodlebugs are a small painting series within a larger series I've titled Figures Of Speech and my email newsletter tells what inspired the doodlebugs (hint: it's wordplay based on a scientific phrase). My one-person fine art exhibit will be in June/July at Burnt Bridge Cellars @burntbridgecellars in Vancouver WA and is facilitated by Caplan Art Designs @caplanartdesigns
Anyhoo, here are the featured bugs... and the tracks they left 👇
https://sueclancy.substack.com/p/doodlebugs-and-other-figures-of-speech
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#fineart #exhibit #localartist #localwinery #localartgallery #whimsicalart #pnwartist #pnwwines #pnwartgallery #figuresofspeech #artinspiration #paintings #hopepunk #emailnewsletter
Tomorrow's the official publication day for ANOTHER LIFE. Looking for cozy sf rooted in real world possibilities, or a novella to break up Becky Chambers re-reads? This is it!
Because Am*zon doesn't let us select a pub date the book is available now: https://www.amazon.com/Another-Life-Sarena-Ulibarri/dp/177768238X
#bookstodon #climatefiction #sciencefiction #solarpunk #hopepunk
Hey, folks. It's been a while but I have a new link roundup with news ranging from tabletop #RPGs to Zelda, and from #hopepunk to trans representation, plus bits of #videogame history. Enjoy! https://notimetoplay.org/cgi-bin/wiki/2023-05-21_Assorted
If you're looking for a cozy, binge-worthy weekend read, check out
@sarenaulibarri's ANOTHER LIFE! We've shipped all print pre-orders and will be sending download links this weekend, but there's still time to get your order in before release day! https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/another-life-by-sarena-ulibarri/
#bookstodon #climatefiction #sciencefiction #solarpunk #hopepunk @bookstodon
New instance, new #Introduction ! I was part of the great #SapphicMigration in Nov 2022 but have moved servers several times as I learn more about the fediverse and seek community.
My interests are #SapphicBooks, #AudioBooks,
#Democracy, #HopePunk, #DigitalPrivacy, fascinated by and scared about #AI
I am striving to be #WFPB.
Currently, I live in a red state in the US. However, my wife and I are in the process of moving to #Portugal this year.
Copies of @sarenaulibarri's ANOTHER LIFE, printed on 100% recycled paper, arrive to Stelliform HQ today, to be shipped this week. Last chance to order & be the 1st to receive this complex & optimistic story.
Check out enthusiastic words from @ITregillis & order here: https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/another-life-by-sarena-ulibarri/
#bookstodon #climatefiction #solarpunk #sciencefiction #hopepunk #novella #smallpress
On my itch page, one of my old games got a sudden burst of views and downloads.
Apparently, I got linked to in this Polygon article about Hopepunk in gaming:
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/tabletop-games/23711055/hopepunk-ttrpg-games
#TTRPG #Hopepunk #NotDnD
#Hopepunk #Solarpunk #ttrpg
Interesting article about Hopepunk, Solarpunk and similar TTRPGs.
"The future of tabletop role-play is hope:
Hopepunk can help us build a better world at the table"
by Lindsay Eanet:
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23711055/hopepunk-ttrpg-games
Return to the Stars, a scifi RPG by Festive Ninja Games that I copyedited several years ago, was just featured in a Polygon article about hopepunk games. Very, very cool!
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23711055/hopepunk-ttrpg-games
Just one month left to submit to this year's #Imagine2200 contest! Are you working on your story?
Full guidelines and FAQs here: https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine-2200-contest-submissions/
#solarpunk #lunarpunk #hopepunk #ClimateFiction #CallForSubmissions #WritingContest
What are books you’ve really enjoyed with thought-out & imaginative ecological responses; people cooperating & collaborating against fascism (no lone “heroes!”); queer folk; found families; multicultural/multiracial collaboration; generational healing…
any combinations of above… #hopepunk imaginings (does not need to be SciFi—I’d really like to be introduced to some non-SFF stories coursing through these veins). NOT looking for utopian visions
I have my favorites, but I need more
#bookstodon
Do you have enough love in your heart
To go and get your hands dirty?
My first Song of the Day is Dirty by Grandson! A very punk song glorifying direct action and framing anti-authoritarianism as an act of love for yourself, your community, and the planet.
Omnibus edition of A Place of Refuge is now available! Cozy lesbian space opera novellas: https://books2read.com/aplaceofrefuge #SapphicBooks #speculativefiction #hopepunk
Gail Brown writes #ScienceFiction.
Explore unexpected worlds from the comfort of your screen!
https://www.amazon.com/Gail-Brown/e/B09JKZS6KF
Concurrent Earths https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JCQY84N
Galataria's Echoes https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JCSGFGP
Trails: First Generation
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09J5CMDRD
#Apocalyptic
#NaturalDisaster
#HopePunk
Trails: Pit Miners
Last Day for this exceptional price!
$1.99
The humans and star beings thought the biggest problem they faced was each other. They thought wrong.
💫Enemies forced to cooperate
💫A young leader set up for failure
💫Morally grey villain
💫A cute cave digger pup
💫Powerful female protagonists
💫Future ice age predators
💫Shifters
💫Non-violence in a violent world
https://books2read.com/FindingHumanityBook2
#FindingHumanitySeries #scifi #fantasy #hopepunk #climatefiction #books #IndieApril
‘People – a group comprised of every sapient species, organic or otherwise – were chaos, but chaos was good.’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 24/52 ★★★★☆
Wowed once more
@boeken #boeken
@bookstodon #bookstodon
#Lezen #Read
#Solarpunk #Hopepunk #SciFi
A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys 👽👶 Judy takes her wife and baby along to check out pollutants in the Potomac and finds herself in a First Contact with aliens who consider children an indispensable element of diplomatic talks.
https://www.librarything.com/work/26944302/ #QueerSFF2023
#LesbianFiction #SolarPunk #Hopepunk @bookstodon
Cruelty is so easy. You're not special for choosing it.
"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."
-Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
I updated my list of favourite #scifi #books !
And I'd love more recommendations in the 3 main categories: #solarpunk , #hopepunk and #afrofuturism
🙂
Really delighted to get to introduce Liz Jackson as the Opening Keynote Speaker of the Including Disability Global Summit #IDGS #HopePunk.
Liz Jackson is a disabled and queer expert in the analysis and critique of design practice. Often considered a pundit of industry-declared technological innovation, Jackson has produced essential commentary and reflection on industry norms and industry conceits -- particularly when marketing strategies target the disabled body as a site for technobenevolence, charity, and objectification. Today, Liz will describe how her experiences with pushback, resentment, and rejection inform her sense that her critiques are in fact right on target. In her talk, Liz will show us that professional failure may actually mark "succeeding downwards" -- in that the trajectory of your career may be inversely correlated with your integrity and commitment to justice.
Liz produces targeted critiques of corporate appeals to disability inclusion as a strategy for reputation laundering, often at the direct expense of disabled consumers and workers regardless of fidability status.
https://prospect.org/health/2023-03-22-corporate-disability-inclusion-advocates/
@Atalante @inksmith Aah, so 'nen #HopePunk-Pin muss ich mir ja auch mal bei euch besorgen nächstes Wiedersehen, der macht sich bestimmt gut am Revers meines Jacketts, wo grad zu Klimademos meist ein #12Monkeys-Pin beppt.
Viel Spaß, klingt nach einem tollen Termin!
@guacamayan @ZaneSelvans You should listen to @lostterminal ! It is an absolutely amazing #solarpunk and #hopepunk story that fits in well with your list of books, despite it being a narrative podcast.
*The Babylon Eye* is free from today, 18th April, for the next 5 days.
It's a #HopePunk #ScienceFiction book, set in an alternate world #SouthAfrica:
A former eco-terrorist has to find a lost cyber dog or be sent back to prison. She soon realises that she must choose: her own freedom, or the dog's.
It's the first of the three book "Linked Worlds" series, and the second book, "The Real" is free right now as well.
(This story was written after I lost my dog Anastasia, and is dedicated to her, but no dogs die in this book! And it's not a sad story at all 🙂 )
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33129844-the-babylon-eye
#ScienceFictionBooks #AfricanSciFi #LGBTQBooks #FreeBooks #DogsOfMastadon #DogsAreTheBest
#Literatur #HopePunk #Postapokalypse #Genre #Phantastik Feddich mit »Wasteland« (2019) von @Atalante & @inksmith. Mein dritter Roman des Duos und bin nun quasi zuhause bei denen. Roman hat null gestört, daß mir zwischendurch »Der Allesfresser«-Sachbuch von Nancy Fraser dazwischengrätschte.
Wie schon bei »Anarchie Deko« und »Schildmaid« beeindruckt mich am meisten, wie die Vögte sich zu Genre-Fragen der Äktschn verhalten, worauf sie dabei die Aufmerksamkeit lenken, Erwartung unterlaufen.
@MikePalumbo @bookstodon Here is a recommendation that is kinda the opposite of what you are asking: Instead of a book about fatalism, you should listen to @lostterminal which is a podcast about hope. Despite it being a #HopePunk story about how life will persist after our society collapses, there is a constant undercurrent of sadness from how things collapsed, and relics of the old world continue to fail.
This is fucking #Hopepunk AF, boiled down to its core.
RT @CrowsFault@twitter.com:
“People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider's webs. It's not. Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go.”
Interview with @WingedLion coming early next week! #hopepunk #podcasting #sciencefiction #fantasy
@kate @catherinecronin @sheilmcn @lornamcampbell I have been following your convo as well (bookmarked it to think about later). I’ve been thinking about the intersections between #hopepunk and #nowtopias and brewing on it. Whilst I like speculating about preferable futures, action is also needed now. I think about small scale action in the cracks between in the here and now, and adrienne marie brown’s fractals and repeating patterns.
Check out the gorgeous wrap cover on Sarena Ulibarri's ANOTHER LIFE! This book is a joy to hold! It's also a joy to be swept away by the brilliant optimism of the story. Need a read that won't let you down? Get this solarpunk novella on Book Sirens: https://booksirens.com/book/YD5F2PJ/BB0REO3
@bookstodon @sarenaulibarri #bookstodon #climatefiction #solarpunk #hopepunk #sciencefiction #smallpress
If you’re a fan of #StarWars, #Avatar or #Stargate then check out The Calling, the best-selling novel kicking off a hopepunk sci-fi adventure series.
The Calling: Humanity’s Wake-Up Call. Answer It or Face Extinction.
In a future ice age, Bleu’s expedition team emerges from their subterranean haven to discover humans are no longer the dominant life form on Earth.
Currently $2 off on Amazon for #IndieApril.
#books #YASeries #scifi #hopepunk
Huge thanks to Lauren C. Teffeau for these kind words about Sarena Ulibarri's upcoming solarpunk novella ANOTHER LIFE. The book is available on Netgalley for 2 more days and pre-orders are open at www.stelliform.press.
@bookstodon @sarenaulibarri #bookstodon #climatefiction #solarpunk #ecofiction #utopia #optimisticbooks #hopepunk #sciencefiction #smallpress
#CallForSubmission
“Not Your Papi’s Utopia: Latinx Visions of Radical Hope”
Stories up to 12k words, also considering poetry, plays, and graphic arts
Deadline August 1, 2023
(I’m not associated with this project, but wanted to make sure more writers see it!)
#solarpunk #lunarpunk #hopepunk #ecofiction #sciencefiction #scifi #utopia #latinx #LatinxLit #IndigenousFuturism #cyberpunk #steampunk
Full Guidelines:
@older Just found it, it was a great read. I find myself now actively shying away from work that doesn't eventually leave me (at least wryly) smiling: I have no spare spoons ever for a *leisure activity* such as reading, to leave me feeling bad any more. Concepts such as #solarpunk and #hopepunk are going to be interesting to track back, in a few years' time. My KJ Charles pick would have been different, though! :)
Finished Ecotopia. It was an interesting experience. Found myself smiling at the end of it. The hope for a better world that pervades it, and the things that people will do to get there.
I wish it actually had a chance of happening.
I'm humbled and grateful to all those who have supported The Book of Constellations and voted my show one of the "Best Existing Story-Based Production" in the Audio Verse Awards.
Thank you so much!
http://bookofconstellations.com
#AudioFiction #AudioFictionPodcast #podcast #podcasts #AudioDrama #AudioDramaSunday #awards2022 #sciencefiction #sff #scifi #hopepunk #alien #indie #audioverseawards #writing #writingcommunity
As odd as it is that Tor.com doesn't have an account on here, I thought I should share their Nebula nominees brag post. Copied from Facebook. Congrats to @clpolk @KellyLink @wtalabi (please tag other authors I didn't find).
:yayblob:
@bookstodon @sffbipoc @sff #LesbianNecromancersInSpace #CozyQueerSpaceNoir #HopePunk #Tor #books #SFF #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Nebula #NonaTheNinth #Spear #APrayerForTheCrownShy #EvenThoughIKnewTheEnd #AfricaRisen #DIY
I'm 1/4 of the way through A Half-Built Garden: @r_emrys , I'm so taken with the world you created! Among other aspects of your story, I love the watershed networks, and the way they make and share decisions--collective problem-solving. So up my alley!
Hard to put the book down. I'm gonna blame you if I don't finish the story I'm writing for a March 15th deadline!!!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #CliFi #SFF #bookstodon #books #reading
Finally translated my comprehensive #solarpunk essay, where I talk about using the narrative as a lens for the real world, and every imperfect short story as a prototype - foundation for a language with which to describe a better tomorrow!
https://alxd.org/solarpunk-lenses-and-foundations.html
An audio / podcast version will be available within a week!
Do you think there’s a difference between #hopepunk and #solarpunk ? If so, which one?
Please listen to this wonderful discussion of Speculative Futures of Cities on Sean Carroll's Mindscape podcast.
#Futurism #HopePunk #Cities https://pca.st/3o4uuaxl
@orionkidder @liztai Somehow I'm not entirely surprised. The film wasn't exactly #hopepunk.
Some of my favourite hopeful Books of 2022 #booksofmastodon
📗Cory Doctorow – Walkaway (he describes it as post- #cyberpunk , but I find a lot of #solarpunk in it)
📗Kim Stanley Robinson – The Ministry for the Future (solarpunk, tough at times but seems very realistic)
📗Becky Chambers – The Wayfarer Quadrilogy ( #hopepunk , very wholesome)
📗Solarpunk Summers and 📗Solarpunk Winters (Anthologies with short stories)
📗Mary Robinette Kowal - The calculating stars #feminist #scifi
@reconbot @kellan We had a convo here not long back about #solarpunk or #hopepunk books. Folx shared recommendations. , Can't find it at the moment from my phone. You could look at my feed where I likely replied to some... and where I noted 2 recent author panels with recommendations.
I'm still getting my head around #solarpunk and #hopepunk and what the narrative possibilities are - both fictional and not. A part of my motivation is this: I'm tired of dystopia - also both fictional and not!
Feel free to give me your thoughts, #writers and other assorted experts and enthusiasts.
@thestorygraph I'm here on #StoryGraph, always looking for more friends there! I mostly read #SciFi and #Fantasy with a feminist view and #LGBTQIA characters. I love #HopePunk and #Horror. I'm really hoping to find a little community there for book recs, etc. https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/maryellen
I won a free map drawing from artist Jared King!
If you’re not familiar with my series, it takes place in a future ice age, long after humans hid underground in one of four havens. The series starts at Northern Haven, where a strange Sickness has depleted the population. Desperate, they risk the icy frontier above to find the other havens. They expect ice & predators but instead find humans are no longer the dominant species on Earth.
#FindingHumanitySeries
#scifi #ya #hopepunk #sciencefantasy
So here is the thing: I'm just a Mexican SFF writer, posting in front of the readers, asking them to read my books.
Yesterday's #TBRCon2023 panel handed me a new term to describe the kind of storytelling I've come to enjoy a lot over the past few years, a sort of domestic, relatively low-stakes, often meditative or soothing type of narration that focuses on characters and their relationships and interior lives: "slice-of-life" :) It's a trend possibly because of the pandemic, but many older favorites also did this before we had terms like this or like #hopepunk.
Here's the panel:
https://youtu.be/u1J46v3zJPU
#SFF
@annaleen @NiftyLinks @DawnPaladin @hankgreen @adapalmer @ouropinions
#hopepunk is largely a reaction to an excess of #grimdark stories, where everything is rotten and people do whatever benefits them, regardless of the consequences to anyone else.
The characters find unexpected solutions to improve the situation, which can be more interesting to read. And avoids unrealistic smarmy characters of #noblebright.
It can be used with almost any setting.
Is it? I'm not sure how to measure a zeitgeist, and I'd have a similar leaning towards you by default. But thanks to historical perspective from people like @adapalmer and Cat Rambo, I think that the evidence is that #scifi is becoming more positive.
Case in point (with apologies to @annaleen), the #hopepunk trend that has gained recognition over the last ten years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopepunk
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8040388-the-exercise-of-imagination-is-dangerous-to-those-who-profit #hopepunk
“The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary. Having that real though limited power to put established institutions into question, imaginative literature has also the responsibility of power. The storyteller is the truthteller.”
@theresmiling @liztai @susankayequinn Thanks so much for sharing this. The whole idea of #hopepunk has just captured my imagination.
Thanks to @liztai for starting her thread about #SolarPunk. I‘m totally into it.
I‘m currently listening to @susankayequinn‘s #NothingIsPromised series. I‘m in book three and I‘m really enjoying them. They are short, which is a nice thing. They are suspenseful and have great characters. I really like the idea of families, like the Strong‘s who we meet in book 1.
#HopePunk #Bookstodon