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Sheltopian Press
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Shel Graves is a reader, writer, and utopian thinker who lives by the Salish Sea. She is a solarpunk author published in the anthologies Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers and Solarpunk Winters and author of the Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy.
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Beautiful. #poetry
The cover of the poetry anthology, “you are here poetry in the natural world” A single pink rose in full bloom with raindrops on its green leaves, framed by a gray sky.
August 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Bloomscrolling. #Bloomscrolling.
A pink rose against a gray sky with a vivid filter, very pink A pink rose in full bloom with raindrops on its green leaves with a vivid filter, very pink
August 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Why yes, this is boss level gifting for your author friend — necklaces with their books’ ISBN numbers. And, of course, reading, purchasing, requesting at your library, posting, and reviewing are wonderful ways to show love. #solarpunk #optimisticscifi #authorfriends #gratitude #booklove
Shel Graves' Solarpunk novels' ISBN numbers engraved on necklaces by E. Ria Designs eriadesigns.etsy.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Held a Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy book launch party with my friends; introduced a lot of people to the genre #SolarPunk #Optimisticsci-fi More solarpunk sheltopianpress.com/2025/05/14/w...
A group of friends gathered around a table of books in a backyard party the author of the solar transformation trilogy in the center in bright yellow, holding up the books and smiling.
August 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Lily loves #multispecies #solarpunk #stories Enjoying reading these stories.
A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel sits on a chair with the colorful cover of things Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures open on the armrest. A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel sits on a chair with the colorful cover of things Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures open on the armrest. But in this photo, the dog has her paw on the cover very cute.
August 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Solarpunk on the shelves of Everett Public Library. 💛☀️🤛Solarpunk is optimistic science fiction based on renewable energies. Does your library carry your favorite, hopeful, niche, punk genre? I'd love to see your solarpunk library shelfies! #solarpunk #libraries #shelfies #librarylove #scifi
The Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy books in the NEW science fiction section of Everett Public Library. The Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summer and Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters anthologies on the shelf in science fiction at Everett Public Library.
August 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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A reader and library fan's dream -- my local Everett Public Library is carrying the Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy on their shelves and they added the Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers and Solarpunk Winters anthologies, too. In #EverettWA? Please check them out! #solarpunk #libraries
A shelfie of solarpunk books including the Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy (Sync Chrome City, Mirror Island, and The Seasteaders) along with Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers and Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters anthologies.
August 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy hardcovers at We Be Bookin' a lovely, nerdy, gamer-friendly, indie-supporting bookstore in Monroe, Wash. Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters is there, too. Dropped off paperbacks and Solarpunk Summers to join. #indiebookstore #solarpunk #shelfie
Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy on the shelves at We be Bookin' Monroe.
July 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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"We begin our approach to this future, heads held high, with the story of a heedless young woman raised by utopians, a college student at New West University, Geneva Teresa Weltraum. But first, there is an angry man." — Sync Chrome City books2read.com/ap/81qb6l/Sh...
Photo from the cover of Sync Chrome City: a lava field with a bright red flower blooming in the foreground and billowing volcanic smoke behind it.
July 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Looking for a summer science fiction beach read? I wrote the kind of book I always wanted to read in summer. Mirror Island features surfers, islands, mangoes, and teleportation. books2read.com/b/bM87Aa #beachread #summerreading #sciencefiction #scifisummer #MirrorIsland
Yellow sand, turquoise water, a blue slightly cloudy sky and a distorted view The photo used on the cover of Mirror Island.
June 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Yesterday, a gardener pointed out to me this tiger flower (Tigridia pavonia) noting that it only blooms for one day. Today’s picture. Yesterday’s photos. #mindfulness #flowers #tigerflower
A wilted tiger flower. Completely folded. Slightly yellow and pink formless mass. A tiger flower in bloom. Three cupped white petals with dew and a speckled red center with three speckled smaller petals and a long stamen. A tiger flower in bloom (closer up photo). Three cupped white petals with dew and a speckled red center with three speckled smaller petals and a long stamen.
June 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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I love The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington --and this quote.
Quote: "Military people never seem to apologize for killing each other yet novelists feel ashamed for writing some nice inert paper book that is not certain to be read by anybody." --Leonora Carrington, The Hearing Trumpet
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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The Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy in paperback. #solarpunk #clifi #optimisticscifi
Covers of The Seasteaders, Mirror Island, and Sync Chrome City by Shel Graves
June 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The Seasteaders - fantasy, far future, atlantean, climate fiction - the Rust Sea has risen Read this one if you are stressed about politics and attracted to pirates. Callback: Islands by Marta Randall sheltopianpress.com/the-seastead...
Cover of The Seasteaders by Shel Graves: Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy Book Three We return to our Atlantean roots; a seal swims through reflections of grey clouds toward a ship's mast
June 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy Book One: Sync Chrome City - cyberpunk, YA feel Read this one if you are stressed about finals and attracted to DJs. Callbacks: Gibson’s Neuromancer, Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash sheltopianpress.com/sync-chrome-... #solarpunk #scifi #optimisticsf #cyberpunk
Cover of Sync Chrome City by Shel Graves (cyberpunk, solarpunk) image of a bright red flower blooming in a lava field
June 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Summer solstice: a great day to launch optimistic science fiction based on renewable energy. The Solarpunk Transformation Trilogy is now available. The books are standalone novels set in the same universe.
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June 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM