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A review by shonatiger
Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures by Octavia Cade, Christoph Rupprecht, Sarena Ulibarri, Shweta Taneja, Norie Tamura, Avital Balwit, Amin Chehelnabi, Kate V. Bui, Phoebe Wagner, Vlad-Andrei Cucu, Caroline M. Yoachim, D.K. Mok, Sarah E. Stevens, Natsumi Tanaka, Rajat Chaudhuri, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Deborah Cleland, Joseph F. Nacino, N. R. M. Roshak, Eike-Henning Nießler, Taiyo Fujii, Andrew Dana Hudson, Meyari McFarland, Joyce Chng, Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Joel R Hunt, Rimi B. Chatterjee, Eliza Victoria, Timothy Yam
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley and to World Weaver Press for this DRC.
This book is solarpunk; definition, from the introduction:
"[Stories about] refusing to surrender to the temptation of violent, dystopian post-apocalypse imaginaries. Seeking ways of practicing solidarity, embracing human ingenuity from traditional ecological knowledge to scientific research, celebrating diverse forms of being in the world, from personal expression to relationships."
Very cool, right? The focus was on authors from the Asia-Pacific region.
My favourite stories:
By the Light of the Stars, By N. R. M. Roshak, set in (future?) Hawaii, about the effects of light pollution;
Old Man's Sea, by Meyari McFarland, about an orca with military spec mods in a flooded world;
Deer, Tiger and Witch, by Kate Bui, set in Vietnam (very fave);
Untamed, by Timothy Yam, about roof gardening (and a young protagonist in trouble with the police);
It is the Year 2115, by Joyce Chng, about a domed city;
A Rabbit Egg for Flora, by Caroline M. Yoachim, which is perfectly charming (won't spoil it);
A Life with Cibi, by Natsumi Tanaka, translated by Toshiya Kamei -- not a fave so much as utterly disturbing, about living food
This book is solarpunk; definition, from the introduction:
"[Stories about] refusing to surrender to the temptation of violent, dystopian post-apocalypse imaginaries. Seeking ways of practicing solidarity, embracing human ingenuity from traditional ecological knowledge to scientific research, celebrating diverse forms of being in the world, from personal expression to relationships."
Very cool, right? The focus was on authors from the Asia-Pacific region.
My favourite stories:
By the Light of the Stars, By N. R. M. Roshak, set in (future?) Hawaii, about the effects of light pollution;
Old Man's Sea, by Meyari McFarland, about an orca with military spec mods in a flooded world;
Deer, Tiger and Witch, by Kate Bui, set in Vietnam (very fave);
Untamed, by Timothy Yam, about roof gardening (and a young protagonist in trouble with the police);
It is the Year 2115, by Joyce Chng, about a domed city;
A Rabbit Egg for Flora, by Caroline M. Yoachim, which is perfectly charming (won't spoil it);
A Life with Cibi, by Natsumi Tanaka, translated by Toshiya Kamei -- not a fave so much as utterly disturbing, about living food