SolarpunkFrancesco VersoLabel: Flame Tree PublishingDescription: In this near future anthology Solarpunk explores the many ways individuals and resilient groups can fight gentrification expropriation abuse and loss of identity starting within local communities ultimately to embrace the whole world.Solarpunk traces a path rough and tortuous towards a change now perceived by many as a necessity. “Nobody will give us the future – seem to say these short stories edited by Future Fiction's Francesco Verso. Solarpunk brings stories without borders from across the world: Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Czech Republic Italy Spain the UK and USA. Authors are Jerri Jerreat Ken Liu Thomas Badlan Ciro Faienza Brenda Cooper Renan Bernardo Jennifer L. Rossman Sarena Ulibarri Gustavo Bondoni Lucie Lukacovicova Ingrid Garcia Andrew Dana Hudson and D.K. Mok.The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers carefully selected by anthologists and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices with myth folkloric-inflected short fiction and an emphasis on the supernatural science fiction the mysterious and the speculative. The books themselves are gorgeous with foiled covers printed edges and published only in hardcover editions offering a lifetime of reading pleasure.
