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Looking from the outside and thinking of solar punk in terms of writing i have a question. If cyberpunk is a literary genre with a loose philosophy and aesthetics and solarpunk is a literary genre with loose philosophy and aesthetics: can a solarpunk novel or story be negative? Can there be a solar punk horror story or a solar punk thriller?
Definitely yes. I mean Murder in the Tool Library is a solarpunk murder mystery.
Thanks for the recommendation! I'd love to read more literature with this topic in mind.
I'd argue that both Black Panther films fall within solarpunk (at least when it comes to Wakanda--which, yes, I know that it is also afrofuturism, but there's clear overlap at times). And both films deal with "negative" elements: isolationism in service of creating a paradise and monopolizing the technology that makes such a paradise possible are themes in both of the films and which could be further explored in other solarpunk fiction.
If wr apply the Golden Mean (Delphatic ir Socratic), to much of anything can be bad.
Is there a point where too much solar punk is a bad thing? Yes. What is thst limit, and what are the consequences of it? That's for the author to explore with their readers.