One thing I really liked about Blossoming was that the solarpunk part of the world felt so lived-in and imperfect, which made it more real. It's not a problem-free future by any means because people bring their own problems to any techno-economic arrangement, but it is more livable and sustainable.
The plot also made me curious about what life is like in the U.S., Kenya and other capital-statist parts of the world. These powers' driving determination to steal pito nyonyo and use it for domination and warfare was a reminder that no technology is inherently good and tech won't save us — but we sure can try to use it to save us.
It's particularly telling that the plot solution uses tech that, while not exactly forbidden (since there's no authority to forbid things), was at least frowned upon and pursued clandestinely. Much as in Le Guin's The Dispossessed, anarchy rebels even against anarchist order!
L.J., romantic toiler
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