The story is set on Earth, which is mostly a huge trash pile and one of the orbitals that surround the planet where those wealthy enough to leave Earth live. In the story, five friends visit Earth on a lark and capture a “feral child” and take back with him. Not a success.
BT - Lightspeed C5 -PSt
C6 -The author (b. 1979) was born in Grenada and raised there and in the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. He now lives in the U.S.
C7 -May 2022
DA - 01/2022 N1 -Rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 8. Ed. Neil Clarke (New York: Night Shade Books/Skyhorse Publishing, 2024), 127-138.
N2 -The story is set on Earth, which is mostly a huge trash pile and one of the orbitals that surround the planet where those wealthy enough to leave Earth live. In the story, five friends visit Earth on a lark and capture a “feral child” and take back with him. Not a success.
PY - 2022 RN -See the Author Spotlight where the author is interviewed regarding the story by Laurel Amberdine at https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-tobias-s-buckell-3/
T2 - Lightspeed TI - "The Plastic People" UR - https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-plastic-people/ VL - no. 144 ER -