In our final Solarpunk column for 2023, we pull together all our Solarpunk columnists for a panel. Alan, Justine Norton-Kertson, Susan Kaye Quinn, and Navarre Bartz discuss Solarpunk vibes, how to improve Solarpunk world building, and bringing Solarpunk to a wider community. 

Reccomendations:

Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanly Robinson

The Garbage Queen

Unfucking the Planet

Dreamforge Magazine

How We Survive podcast

Green Dreamer podcast

Next Economy Now podcast

Andrewism (Youtube)

Our Changing Climate (Youtube)

In this episode, Alan and Diane talk to author and game creator Paul Jessup about his favorite horror movies, how Paul found his writing voice, the publishing market, creating video games, using personal experience in writing, the history of Weird Fiction, and much more.

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In this episode, Alan and Cat talk to author Sam J. Miller about their favorite horror movies, politics in horror, racism, the history of whaling in Hudson, queer relationships in fiction, and much more.

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In this episode, Alan reviews: 

Split Scream Volume 3 by Patrick Barb & J.A.W. McCarthy published 2023 by Dread Stone Press

A Dance with the Dead by Nuzo Onoh published 2022 by Stygian Sky Media

Touched by Shadows by Vaughn A. Jackson 2021 by Journalstone

Promise by Christi Nogle published 2023 by Flame Tree Press

In this episode, Alan and Diane talk to author Kate Elliott about her new novel Unconquerable Sun, feminism, writing fight scenes, the importance of intellectual curiosity, writing from experience, and much more. Also Diane has writing epiphanies and AI is not mentioned. 

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In the third Solarpunk column, Justine Norton-Kertson, editor of Solarpunk Magazine, explores anarchism and prefigurative politics. Then discusses how those have shaped Solarpunk and could shape our future.

In this episode, Alan and Diane talk with author, maker, and biomimic Clyde Boyer about his novel Girl Out of Time, AI, biomimicry, world building, developing agency in children, education, agriculture, and much more.

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In this episode, Alan reviews: 

Resilient by Allen Stroud published 2022 by Flame Tree Press

What Rough Beast by Michael R. Johnston published 2022 by Flame Tree Press

Death by Silver by Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold published 2023 by Queen of Swords Press

Laughing in the Reign: Surviving the crazy, hilarious, scary times of Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden by Russell Fedorka Self-published in 2022

In this episode, Alan and Cat talk with author Ray Nayler about his novel the Mountain in the Sea, Secular Buddhism, animal behavior, interconnectedness, AI, and much more.

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In this episode of the Book Navigator column Navarre Bartz reviews Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology edited by Justine Norton-Kertson published in 2023 by Android Press.

You can purchase the book here.

Or here: https://www.android-press.com/bookstore?page=2