If you can set aside the fact that it was made by Disney, a corporation that is decidedly not solarpunk in its real-word values and practices, then Strange World is a movie that will go down as a classic example of solarpunk animation and storytelling.
Category Archives: Reviews
Review of Vesper: A Biopunk Sci-Fi Fairytale
“You don’t just get to give up when things are hard. They’re hard for all of us, but we stay, and we help each other.”
Review of Almanac for the Anthropocene by Phoebe Wager & Brontë Christopher Wieland
With their new anthology, Almanac for the Anthropocene, Wagner and Wieland continue to break new ground in the solarpunk genre. And like Sunvault, this new collection of work is sure to be a core piece of solarpunk’s standard reading curriculum.
Cover Reveal for Marisca Pichette’s Rivers in Your Skin, Sirens in Your Hair
Rivers in Your Skin, Sirens in Your Hair by Marisca Pichette is a fantastic collection of magical poetry that every sci-fi/fantasy reader is going to want on the their shelves.
A Ruin of Shadows by L.D. Lewis
a quick and action packed read following an important transition in the life of General Daynja Édo, which touches on issues of empire and colonization, and complicity within systems of violent domination.
A Review of Batman: Soul of the Dragon
Another year brings us a slew of DC animated films that skip theatres to end up on digital platforms and the ever-fading home video format.
Alephia 2053 Review
Coming out of nowhere to the awe of cinephiles all over the Arab world, Alephia 2053 is the first animated feature film in Arabic made exclusively for adults.
Fraggle Rock: A Hopeful Solarpunk-Lunarpunk Fantasy
From community and stewardship of the natural environment, to radical acceptance, hope, and the central theme of solutions to climate change and environmental damage, Fraggle Rock is without a doubt the most solarpunk show we currently have on television. Whether you’re a young kid or an environmental and socially conscious adult, this show will bring a big smile to your face.
Review — After the Revolution by Robert Evans
Roberts debut novel kept me glued to the pages—a smart, well-crafted, and action-packed military science fiction story that deals with the horrors of war through a trauma-informed lens.
Chapbook Review: Hell/a Mexican, by Kevin Madrigal Galindo
The poems aren’t in any way science fiction or speculative. But Mr. Madrigal, whether he knows it or not, is solarpunk AF with his nourishing of people to build up their communities and better their worlds.