Sunvault is a collection that seems designed to introduce and promote a new subgenre of science fiction - Solarpunk. A reaction to the negativity and dystopianism of much of modern SciFi, Solarpunk tries to present positive view of the future. To quote the forward by Andrew Dincher.

SF that examines the possibility of a future in which currently emerging movements in society and culture such as the green movement, the Black Lives Matter movement, and certain aspect of Occupy Wall Street coalesce to create a more optimistic future in a more just world.

I don’t know how well these stories fall into that mold. Certainly some of them do, but many do appear to still be dystopias. Also the collection is generally positive, but doesn’t really have any exceptional stories and many that I have rated “Good” barely cross that threshold.

A few of the best are: Last Chance by Tyler Young, A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World by A. C. Wise, and Pop and the CFT by Brandon Crilly.

Note: The table of contents lists art works and poetry. I have not included those works for review, because I don’t consider myself qualified to rate them in any meaningful way.

Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation is rated 70%.

11 good / 6 average / 3 poor.