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'Punks (of the 70s and 80s kind) were not known for their optimism. Quite the opposite in fact. Raging against the establishment in various ways, there was “no future” because, according to the Sex Pistols, punks are “the poison / In your human machine / We’re the future / Your future”. To be punk, was, by definition, to resist the future.
'In contrast, the most basic definition of solarpunk — offered by musician and photographer Jay Springett — is that it is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion and activism' (Introduction)
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Explainer : 'Solarpunk', or How to Be an Optimistic Radical
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- The Island Will Sink 2016 single work novel
- Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living 2003 single work novel
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