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  • From: "Gaden@ziplip.com" <Gaden@ziplip.com>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] permaculture-SF novel
  • Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 09:20:18 -0700 (PDT)

Re: Russ Grayson's - "Blade Runner (based on the short story: "Do Androids
Dream of Electric Sheep?") is a movie about struggle in a dystopian context.
Maybe will will see a permaculture-SF novel one day."

Philip K. Dick from memory. ("Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")
Interesting question for the forum, Russ.

Which fictional books or movies have you read that discuss or give rise to
ideas related to Permaculture, sustainability etc?

Hmmm.... The literary genres of Utopian societies, and of Post-apocalypt
worlds are rich in examples of alternative community structures,
technologies, and the impacts of catastrophic resource depletion. Notions of
Biospheres/ark communities have appeared in science fiction novels for
decades. (eg. Ben Bova, Heinlein, Clarke)

For scenarios of sustainable communities etc., I'd probably be more inclined
to look at 'hard fiction' (ie novels based on solid research) works of
anthropology like Jean M. Auel's Clan Of The Cave Bear series.

Even better (and set in a more recent timeframe) is the 'People of' series by
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear. (People Of The Lakes, People Of The
Sea, People Of The Mist etc) These detailed novels deal with native American
cultures (like the Anasazi) over North America during the last fifteen
thousand years.

They include info about the relationships between people and their
environment, both physically and spiritually. I guess these societies were in
their own way, permaculture-based clans.

Gaiden



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