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A review by octavia_cade
Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters by Wendy Nikel, Andrew Dana Hudson
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
I have to admit, when I think of solarpunk I tend to think of warmer climates - there's a companion volume to this, on solarpunk summers, that I also own and will be reading soon. The winter volume, by comparison, seemed appealingly unlikely, so I plumped to read that one first. And you know, it's not a silly idea. Climate change doesn't mean warming everywhere, and anyway, some of these stories are more concerned with preserving winter and the related cold-adapted ecologies.
I don't think there's a single dud story here. I liked all of them, and all of them took different and interesting approaches to the topic. Most, if not all, of the stories relate to North America, and it would have been nice to have a little more geographic variety, but that diversity of approach made up for a lot. Of the 17 stories collected here, I think my favourites were "Wings of Glass" by Wendy Nikel, "Rules for a Civilization" by Jerri Jerreat, and "On the Contrary, Yes" by Catherine F. King. I'd be happy to read everything here again, however, so I'm glad I have my own copy.
I don't think there's a single dud story here. I liked all of them, and all of them took different and interesting approaches to the topic. Most, if not all, of the stories relate to North America, and it would have been nice to have a little more geographic variety, but that diversity of approach made up for a lot. Of the 17 stories collected here, I think my favourites were "Wings of Glass" by Wendy Nikel, "Rules for a Civilization" by Jerri Jerreat, and "On the Contrary, Yes" by Catherine F. King. I'd be happy to read everything here again, however, so I'm glad I have my own copy.