“The Odyssey Problem”
| Title | “The Odyssey Problem” |
| Year for Search | 2022 |
| Authors | Willrich, Chris(b. 1967) |
| Secondary Title | Clarkesworld |
| Volume / Edition | no. 189 |
| Date Published | June 2022 |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-06-331574-7 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | The story begins with an adult in a situation similar to the child in Le Guin’s 1973 “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” who is being used to power millions of devices and then freed and discovers that all of the beings in the universe seem to be willing to use those they consider inferior to benefit themselves. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023. Ed. R[ebecca] F. Kuang (New York: Mariner Books, 2023), 165-179, with an author’s comment on the text on 283. |
| URL | https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/willrich_06_22/ |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1967) |
| Full Text | 2022 Willrich, Chris (b. 1967). “The Odyssey Problem.” Clarkesworld, no. 189 (June 2022) https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/willrich_06_22/ Rpt. in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023. Ed. R[ebecca] F. Kuang (New York: Mariner Books, 2023), 165-179, with an author’s comment on the text on 283. PSt The story begins with an adult in a situation similar to the child in Le Guin’s 1973 “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” who is being used to power millions of devices and then freed and discovers that all of the beings in the universe seem to be willing to use those they consider inferior to benefit themselves. |
