“Here Instead of There”

Title“Here Instead of There”
Year for Search2023
Authors[Wishnevsky], [Sarah Bear Elizabeth](b. 1971), Strahan, Jonathan(b. 1964), and Bear, Elizabeth [pseud.]
Secondary TitleCommunications Breakdown: SF Stories About the Future of Connection
Pagination1-20
Date Published2023
PublisherThe MIT Press
Place PublishedCambridge, MA
ISBN Number9780262546461
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

The story takes place in a future US where all services, including weather forecasts and storm warnings, have been privatized and are only available to those who have paid for the service. Its focus is a band living on an abandoned seasteading platform.

Illustration

Illus. Ashley Mackenzie.

Pseudonym

Elizabeth Bear [pseud.].

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Female author (b. 1971)

Full Text

2023 [Wishnevsky, Sarah Bear Elizabeth] (b. 1971). “Here Instead of There.” Illus. Ashley Mackenzie. By Elizabeth Bear [pseud.]. Communications Breakdown: SF Stories About the Future of Connection. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (Cambridge. MA: The MIT Press, 2023), 1-20. PSt

The story takes place in a future US where all services, including weather forecasts and storm warnings, have been privatized and are only available to those who have paid for the service. Its focus is a band living on an abandoned seasteading platform. Female author.