TY - ABST T1 - “The Temporary King” Y1 - 1987 A1 - Paul J[ames] McAuley (b. 1955) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

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.

JF - The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction VL - 72.1 (428) 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. 

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