“Captain Bells & the Sovereign State of Discordia”

Title“Captain Bells & the Sovereign State of Discordia”
Year for Search2012
AuthorsYang, J. Y.(b. 1983)
Secondary AuthorsLim, Rosemary, and Samah, Maisarah Bte
Secondary TitleThe Steampowered Globe
Pagination114-44
Date Published2012
PublisherTwo Trees
Place PublishedSingapore
KeywordsNon-binary author, Queer author, Singaporean author
Annotation

The story is set in an authoritarian future that prohibits most inventions and improvements on current technology. The protagonist is a spy for the government who is assigned to eliminate a man who breaks the rules.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution. Ed. Ann VanderMeer (San Francisco, CA: Tachyon Publications, 2012), 297-315. 9781616960865

Author Note

Singaporean author (b. 1983) who self-describes as queer, non-binary and uses the pronoun they in self-references.

Full Text

2012 Yang, J. Y. (b. 1983) “Captain Bells & the Sovereign State of Discordia.” The Steampowered Globe. Ed. Rosemary Lim and Maisarah Bte Samah (Singapore: Two Trees, 2012), 114-44. Rpt. in Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution. Ed. Ann VanderMeer (San Francisco, CA: Tachyon Publications, 2012), 297-315. 

The story is set in an authoritarian future that prohibits most inventions and improvements on current technology. The protagonist is a spy for the government who is assigned to eliminate a man who breaks the rules. Singaporean author who self-describes as queer, non-binary and uses the pronoun they in self-references.