“Don’t Mind Me”

Title“Don’t Mind Me”
Year for Search2020
AuthorsPalmer, Suzanne(b. 1968)
Secondary AuthorsWilliams, Sheila
Secondary TitleEntanglements: Tomorrow’s Lovers, Families and Friends
Pagination159-69
Date Published2020
PublisherThe MIT Press
Place PublishedCambridge, MA
ISBN Number978-0-262539258
Annotation

The story is set in a future where, using technology, parents can control what their children read, even in school. The “Minder” deletes material the parents would not approve, which makes understanding lessons rather difficult.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Volume 2. Ed Jonathan Strahan (New York: Saga Press, 2021), 379-400, with a note about the author on 379.

Illustration

Illus. Tatiana Plakhova

Author Note

Female author (b. 1968)

Full Text

2020 Palmer, Suzanne (b. 1968). “Don’t Mind Me.” Entanglements: Tomorrow’s Lovers, Families and Friends. Ed. Sheila Williams. Illus. Tatiana Plakhova (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2020), 151-69. Rpt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Volume 2. Ed Jonathan Strahan (New York: Saga Press, 2021), 379-400, with a note about the author on 379.

The story is set in a future where, using technology, parents can control what their children read, even in school. The “Minder” deletes material the parents would not approve, which makes understanding lessons rather difficult. Female author.