Second, as a warning, imho, parable of the sower is beautiful but pretty harsh- painful. The following one, parable of the talents follows the story arcs into a bit more inspiring (hopeful?) direction, with some more kinda astonishingly correct predictions, and a lot deeper look into the beautiful of how society could be ...

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yep that's what I've heard about Parable of the Sower but all the more reason to read it. I work on a cluster called Butler named after her so apparently she's pretty good.

[–] vudu@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I personally do not believe Parable of the Sower is solarpunk because (for me) it does not demonstrate possible hopeful and sustainable futures.

[–] StorieswithaWill@fosstodon.org 2 points 2 days ago

@vudu Yes that's what i said above. but that's why i mentioned the sequel (parable of the talents) which imho very much does demonstrate that beautiful potential.

[–] SargonOfACAB@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Looking at that list, you might also be interested in the novel Walkaway.

[–] StorieswithaWill@fosstodon.org 3 points 4 days ago

@SargonOfACAB @zd9

Yes walkaway was good- interesting. It used an entertaining plot, chars, setting, etc to really explore some alternative methods of political/ societal functioning.

I'd love to listen to folks (smarter than me) compare or even role play thru that book and some of his others and some cultures from Becky Chambers work and Octavia Butler's and LeGuin and Starhawk's and so many others...

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Interesting, thanks!