“A Distant Glimpse”
| Title | “A Distant Glimpse” |
| Year for Search | 2016 |
| Authors | Kewin, Simon |
| Secondary Title | The Future Fire: Social Political & Speculative Cyber-Fiction |
| Volume / Edition | no. 37 |
| Pagination | 31-41 |
| Date Published | 2016 |
| ISBN Number | 978-1999339517 |
| ISSN Number | 1746-1839 |
| Keywords | Male author, UK author |
| Annotation | The story is primarily told from the viewpoint of a young girl who is the leader of a group of children living on and making their living from trash dumps by providing useable scrap to men who whip them if they fail to find enough. Her discovery of a telescope, which she keeps, leads her to dream of escape. Given that we know that such conditions exist in many places, it could be read as a straightforwardly realistic story. |
| URL | The Future Fire: 2016.37 fiction distantglimpse |
| Illustration | Illus. Eric Asaris |
| Full Text | 2016 Kewin, Simon. “A Distant Glimpse.” Illus. Eric Asaris. The Future Fire: Social Political & Speculative Cyber-Fiction, no. 37 (2016): 31-41. The Future Fire: 2016.37 fiction distantglimpse. Rpt. in his Other Worlds. Np: Stormcrow Books, 2019. The story is primarily told from the viewpoint of a young girl who is the leader of a group of children living on and making their living from trash dumps by providing useable scrap to men who whip them if they fail to find enough. Her discovery of a telescope, which she keeps, leads her to dream of escape. Given that we know that such conditions exist in many places, it could be read as a straightforwardly realistic story. |
