Post #2146055
2026-04-25 19:46 UTC
@jkirkendall who else besides Becky Chambers is writing hopepunk? Who do you recommend? I'm rather tired of gritty dystopias.
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@ranjit@friend.camp 2026-04-25 19:53
@artcollisions @jkirkendall I enjoyed "A Half-Built Garden" by @r_emrys - I think it counts as hopepunk, and it had a lot of interesting oddness to it
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@hinchliff@hachyderm.io 2026-04-25 19:53
@artcollisions @jkirkendall L.M. Sagas series Ambit's Run might work for you. It reminded me a lot of Becky Chambers
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@maya_b@hachyderm.io 2026-04-25 19:56
@artcollisions I rather enjoyed the Murderbot Series by Martha Wells. Just found these two lists: https://bookriot.com/what-are-hopepunk-books-and-where-should-i-get-started/ and https://www.carnegielibrary.org/staff-picks/genre-guide-hopepunk/ Going to go find an Alexandra Rowland book - she coined the term "hopepunk" so ... @jkirkendall