TY - ABST T1 - “Animals Like Me. Deep/Fake I” Y1 - 2020 A1 - Rich[ard William] Larson (b. 1992) ED - John Joseph Adams (b. 1976) ED - Hugh [Crocker] Howey (b. 1975) ED - Christine Yant KW - Canadian author KW - Male author KW - Nigerien author KW - Spanish author KW - US author AB -

A dystopia in three parts with the protagonist in the first part the viewpoint character in the second part and a minor figure in the third part, with the parts apparently in chronological order. The first part depicts a society entirely dependent on artificial intelligence, the only employment seems to be in the gig economy, and drug addiction is normal and fostered by pharmaceutical companies. In the second part, hordes of children are running wild and killing people and body parts are removed without consent. In the third part, the protagonist is a goat herder in the mountains, where he went to escape his own addiction, and individuals start showing up announcing that the bot had been overthrown.

JF - Ignorance is Strength: The Dystopia Triptych 1 PB - Broad Reach Publishing + Adamant Press CY - New York/London SN - 979-8677287572 979-8677291012 979-8677298424 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Death of an Air Salesman” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Rich[ard William] Larson (b. 1992) KW - Canadian author KW - Male author KW - Nigerien author AB -

The story is set in a dystopian future where the rich get fresh air delivered by drones, the poor mostly breathe the deadly air, and the middle-class buy canisters of fresh air when they can. 

JF - Clarkesworld VL - no. 150 UR - http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/larson_03_19/ U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Porque el Girasol se Llama el Girasol” Y1 - 2018 A1 - Rich[ard William] Larson (b. 1992) ED - Susan Forest ED - Lucas K. Law KW - Canadian author KW - Male author KW - Nigerien author AB -

Dystopian story of people living in the U.S. who are desperate to get over the Wall into Mexico. 

JF - Shades Within Us: Tales of Migration and Fractured Borders PB - Laksa Media Groups CY - Calgary, AB, Canada U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Tidings" Y1 - 2014 A1 - Rich[ard William] Larson (b. 1992) KW - Canadian author KW - Male author KW - Nigerien author KW - Spanish author KW - US author AB -

Vignettes from Maradi, Niger in 2038, Prague, Czechia in 2044, an abandoned Australian detention center in 2066, a First Nations community in 2099, and Ko Phangan, Thailand Republic in 2132. The first is about an invention that eats plastic; the second about a way of helping refugees; the third concerns using memories to reinforce the changes achieved; the fourth is about the beginning of means of communicating with animals; and the last shows the full development of that communication.

JF - Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors PB - Fix Solutions Lab CY - Np UR - Tidings | Fix (grist.org) U2 -

Illus. Rebekka Dunlap

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