In the story a mother is telling her child about growing up in an enclave established by the Marginal Cultures Council (MCC) which was a traditional agricultural community with traditional gender roles and no technology. None of the inhabitants (three generations are depicted) know that there is an advanced technological society nearby. After it is revealed, many leave for the city.
BT - The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction C6 -(b. 1955)
C7 - January 1987 DA - 01/1987 LA - eng N1 -Rev. in his A Very British History: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Paul McAuley, 1985-2011 (Hornsea, Eng.: PS Publishing, 2013), 23-49 with an author’s note on 425.
N2 -In the story a mother is telling her child about growing up in an enclave established by the Marginal Cultures Council (MCC) which was a traditional agricultural community with traditional gender roles and no technology. None of the inhabitants (three generations are depicted) know that there is an advanced technological society nearby. After it is revealed, many leave for the city.
PY - 1987 SP - 74 EP - 94 T2 - The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction TI - “The Temporary King” VL - 72.1 (428) SN - 00024-984X ER -