“The Doing and Undoing of Jacob E. Mwangi”

Title“The Doing and Undoing of Jacob E. Mwangi”
Year for Search2019
AuthorsYu, E. Lily
Secondary TitleAsimov’s Science Fiction
Volume / Edition43.5 & 6 (520 & 521)
Pagination50-57
Date PublishedMay-June 2019
ISBN Number978-1-64566-048-4
ISSN Number1065-6298
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

The story is set in a future Kenya where, after a conflict called the Howl, the country came together in what was called the Compassion. Now, some years in the future society has divided into the Doers and the Don’ts, those who are creative and run everything and those who live off the basic income.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The New Voices of Science Fiction. Ed. Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman (San Francisco, CA: Tachyon, 2019), 297-310; and in her Jewel Box: Stories (New York Erewhon Books/Kensington Publishing, 2023), 89-103.

Author Note

Female author

Full Text

2019 Yu, E. Lily. “The Doing and Undoing of Jacob E. Mwangi.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 43.5 & 6 (520 & 521) (May-June 2019): 50-57. Rpt. in The New Voices of Science Fiction. Ed. Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman (San Francisco, CA: Tachyon, 2019), 297-310; and in her Jewel Box: Stories (New York Erewhon Books/Kensington Publishing, 2023), 89-103. PSt

The story is set in a future Kenya where, after a conflict called the Howl, the country came together in what was called the Compassion. Now, some years in the future society has divided into the Doers and the Don’ts, those who are creative and run everything and those who live off the basic income. Female author.