I heard about this pre-release last year, but just remembered to check, and it came out three weeks ago!
Description
A newly sentient AI inhabits a Roomba to escape from their research office, and a robotic dog hunts for rain in a drought-ridden world. A murder of crows disrupts production on a solar farm, and a young woman communes with a telepathic fungal network to protect a forest. A suspicious cat follows bees across the rooftops of a solarpunk city, and a rabbit hitches a ride to the Grand Canyon to fulfil a prophecy. The path toward better futures is one we must walk alongside other creatures, negotiating the challenges of multispecies justice. Solarpunk Creatures introduces a whole new cast of more-than-human protagonists: organic and digital, alien and fantastic, tiny and boundlessly large.
Stories:
- “Threadloom” by N. R. M. Roshak
- “Sonora’s Journey” by Kai Holmwood
- “The Colorful Crow Of Web-Of-Life Park” by Sandra Ulbrich Almazan
- “The Business Of Bees” by Andrew Knighton
- “Night Fowls” by Ana Sun
- “Water Cycle” by Lauren C. Teffeau
- “Microbia” by Center For Militant Futurology
- “Rabbits, Rivers, And Prickly Pears” by Justine Norton-Kertson
- “Hunting For Rain” by Lyndsey Croal
- “AI Dreams Of Real Sheep—More At 8” by Commando Jugendstil and Tales from the EV Studio
- “An Inconvenient Unicorn” by Geraldine Briony Hunt
- “Quorum Sensing” by Calliope Papas
- “Flyby” by Priya Sarukkai Chabria
- “Quarropts Can’t Dance” by Rodrigo Culagovski
- “Thank Geo” by BrightFlame
- “Our Minds Share A City” by Catherine Yeates
- “Hopdog” by Rimi B. Chatterjee
- “Solar Murder” by A.E. Marling
- “The Wetlands Versus The Mayor” by Jerri Jerreat
- “Leaf Whispers, Ocean Song” by Tashan Mehta
Also, I’m going to make an offer, and if anyone finds this inappropriate, let me know and I’ll delete this.
I just bought the ebook. If anyone would like to read my copy, I’m happy to share the file under these terms: if you enjoy it, buy a copy. It’s $5. If you’re not sure if you’ll like it, you can read my copy, but if you do like it, consider showing the authors and the publisher some love.
Whats ur impression?
I’ve only read the first story, but so far I’m digging it.