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We last enjoyed Susan’s work in her delightfully engaging hopepunk tale “The Joy Fund” in DreamForge Anvil, Issue 10. In her current article, Susan takes us along on her hopepunk journey of discovery. “Hopepunk,” Susan tells us, “declares a wholesale restructuring is necessary not only to avoid the unfolding catastrophes but to re-center human flourishing.”
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Susan Kaye Quinn is an environmental engineer/rocket scientist turned speculative fiction author who now uses her PhD to invent cool stuff in books. Her works range from hopepunk climate fiction to futuristic spec fic, with side trips into cyberpunk and steampunk romance. Her novels have been optioned for Virtual Reality, translated into German and French, and her short fiction has appeared in Future Chronicles, Beyond the Stars, and Grist’s Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors. Susan writes full-time, trying to dream a better future into being. She believes being cozy, gentle, and healing is radical and disruptive. Check out her website for more about hopepunk, solarpunk, and why she believes stories can lead the way forward.
Rewriting the Future by Susan Kaye Quinn
Author Details
Susan Kaye Quinn is an environmental engineer/rocket scientist turned speculative fiction author who now uses her PhD to invent cool stuff in books. Her works range from hopepunk climate fiction to futuristic spec fic, with side trips into cyberpunk and steampunk romance. Her novels have been optioned for Virtual Reality, translated into German and French, and her short fiction has appeared in Future Chronicles, Beyond the Stars, and Grist’s Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors. Susan writes full-time, trying to dream a better future into being. She believes being cozy, gentle, and healing is radical and disruptive. Check out her website for more about hopepunk, solarpunk, and why she believes stories can lead the way forward.
