The story is set on Exile Park, an island off the coast of Nigeria created from plastic and other waste that has become a refuge for dissidents and developed a system of governance and way of life that involves everyone and a parliament that operates like a Quaker meeting. They have redefined crime as Acts of Social Crime and the entire society is based around reducing such acts.
}, year = {2022}, journal = {Tomorrow’s Parties: Life in the Anthropocene}, pages = {27-44}, month = {01/2022}, publisher = {The MIT Press}, address = {Cambridge, MA}, isbn = {978-0-26254-443-6}, note = {Rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 8. Ed. Neil Clarke (New York: Night Shade Books/Skyhorse Publishing, 2024), 497-514.
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