Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2021-10-23
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 6
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St. Andrew recommended Sunvault by Phoebe Wagner and others and Multispecies Cities by D. K. Mok and others, and discussed The Truth About Stories by Thomas King, Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach, Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin and others, and The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin. Robert Evans recommended The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, Walkaway by Cory Doctorow, and Setting sights by Scott Crow and others. Also mentioned: Liquidated by Karen Ho and History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Clarence Bagley.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Truth About Stories
Discussed“there's this excellent excellent book called the the truth about stories. And I think what it really emphasizes throughout the book is the importance of stories and how stories impact how we navigate the world”
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed by Ursula K.
Recommended“Like I know you mentioned The Dispossessed by uh Leguin, right? Um yes. Which often gets cited. Um, yeah, I'm I'm interested in kind of other other recommendations you might have for our listeners.”
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Sunvault
Sunvault is a speculative fiction short story collection exploring solarpunk themes through the collaborative efforts of numerous authors.
Recommended“So, um I'm still getting into the genre myself, so I don't have too many um recommendations. There are some um decent short story collections um like Sun Vault by couple different authors.”
Where to get it
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Multispecies Cities
Multispecies Cities is an anthology exploring solarpunk and urban futures through speculative storytelling involving multiple species.
Recommended“There's also multiecies cities, solar punk, urban futures. Um, and the one I read most recently was Ecotopia, which is quite is much older than all the others.”
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Ecotopia
Discussed“And the one I read most recently was Ecotopia, which is quite is much older than all the others. It's actually a book that was published in the in 1975. Um, and not all aspects of its politics are things I agree with”
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Mutual Aid
Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin is a foundational anarchist text arguing that cooperation and mutual support, rather than strict competition, are the primary drivers of evolution and human society.
Discussed“People have to remember as well that um you know there seeds of solar punk in Kotkins writings, you know, from the conquest of bread to mutual aid and um those are sort of things that should be just as emphasized”
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The Conquest of Bread
The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin is a seminal anarchist-communist text advocating for the abolition of private property in favor of common ownership and mutual aid.
Discussed“People have to remember as well that um you know there seeds of solar punk in Kotkins writings, you know, from the conquest of bread to mutual aid and um those are sort of things that should be just as emphasized”
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Walkaway
Walkaway is a science-fiction novel by Cory Doctorow that explores themes of solarpunk living, automation, and communities establishing themselves far away from existing government structures.
Recommended“And I would also recommend um, uh, Corey Doctoro's new fiction novel, Walk Away. Um, which I think is a really wonderful piece. That was a wonderful, wonderful book.”
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Liquidated
Liquidated by Karen Ho offers an in-depth ethnography and history of Wall Street, examining the culture and practices of investment banking during the shareholder revolution of the 1990s.
Recommended“if if you want to like have a very detailed account of of how this all played out, uh the book Liquidated by Karen Hoe is an just incredible uh like ethnography and history of of Wall Street.”
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Setting sights
Setting Sights by Scott Crow and Ward Churchill is a publication that examines the principles, strategies, and practical applications of community self-defense.
Recommended“One of the things that Scott Crowe in his uh in setting sights, which is a really good book on community self-defense does is set out that um a a key aspect of community self-defense, as you said, is that you're like a member of the community”
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History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Clarence Bagley is a comprehensive historical reference work detailing the foundation, growth, and development of Seattle through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Discussed“I did some digging and found in a uh a book called History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume Two, which I started pouring through and found that there was uh in 1874 there was a group called the Seattle Amateur Rifle Association”
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