Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology

by Justine Norton-Kertson (Editor), Starhawk (Contributor), Neil Gaiman (Contributor)

Solarpunk communities that glow when the sun goes down. Space witches on distant planets. Future pagan communities building resilient ecotopias. The search for hope in a better world. Evolution and transformation. Exploration and discovery.

Set within the context of our very real world climate crisis, the struggle for solutions to global social problems, and the movement to build more resilient communities in harmony with nature, the pages of this book are filled with wonders both technological and magical. Conflicts lead to resilience and solutions both internal and community-based. Stories span from the terrestrial to the galactic to the inner-depths of memory and imagination.

Twenty-two authors take a variety of different paths as they begin to map out the new and budding lunarpunk genre's terrain. Join them in adventures through glowing utopian worlds where people work together and do their best to build a better world for us all

Genres: Solarpunk, Anthologies

230 pages, Paperback

First published January 24, 2023

Reviews

[Gremlin In The Stacks · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great intro to the lunarpunk subgenre. Every short story and poem delved into compelling concepts and ideas. It was fun reading a variety of writing styles, and there were a few stories that I wish were full novel length because of how well-written they were. I qould recommend to anyone who likes the solarpunk subgenre, or sci-fi anthologies.

[S.M.]

This was an expansive collection of stories that seek to build an understanding--and sort of to build, period--of lunarpunk as a subgenre, and how the qualities of a lunarpunk story can be incorporated into across the larger genre of fantasy. This is both the collection's strength and weakness. Some of the stories were great, but the overall quality of the collection was very uneven. And because it's so long (I know gr says it's only 230 pages, but my ereader says it was 593), the lower-quality stories were a slog to get through.

Thanks to Android Press for an e-arc of this collection.