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  • gon [he]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPMtogondaily@lemm.eeSolarpunk
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    2 days ago

    Thanks for the recs :D

    Solarpunk is a more or less utopian setting, so creating a compelling conflict is likely quite challenging.

    Well, maybe in the traditional sense. I think there’s value in art for beauty - simply describing a beautiful, idyllic world might be enough for a good novella - but conflict is the nexus of narrative, of a compelling one, at least. The first book, for example - A Psalm for the Wild-Built - centers the internal conflict of the MC. The second book (which I’ve now finished) feels more like a journey in a physical sense - walking around; there are different philosophies explored, but it doesn’t feel nearly as meaningful; also, at the end, a big question is asked, so it kinda feels like the whole book was a build-up - read: justification - for the last couple of pages wherein the conflict is both confronted and resolved, meaning, it’s practically absent for 95% of readtime.

    …The War for Kindness by Jamil Zaki… …The Silence trilogy by D Nolan Clark…

    Added to the list! :D