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What is Lunarpunk? Can It Solve Solarpunk's Problems?

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We've talked about solarpunk before, but now it's time to examine lunarpunk, which seeks to balance out its counterpart.

So, I have to be honest, I’ve been doing a lot of research into what makes particular sci fi subgenres tick. After writing about the solarpunk genre a few weeks ago, something didn’t sit right with me. After doing some more reading, I’ve pinpointed a few issues with the idea of solarpunk, at least, with how it’s been previously defined. This goes back to the idea of the punk—the social deviant and system-breaker—and how that really applies to these genres. In the “good-place” utopia that solarpunk strives to be, where does the punk come into play? And what is lunarpunk? The dichotomous relatio

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