“Rag and Bone”
Title | “Rag and Bone” |
Year for Search | 2014 |
Authors | Oakley, Nicholas P. |
Secondary Authors | Rich, Dana |
Secondary Title | AnarchoSF: Science Fiction and the Stateless Society [Cover adds Volume 1] |
Pagination | 17-27 |
Date Published | 2014 |
Publisher | Obsolete Press |
Place Published | Victor, IA |
Keywords | English author, Male author, Scottish author |
Annotation | The story is set in a future in which people have moved into space to escape the dangers of Earth. Living in individual space habitats is very expensive, and if someone falls behind in their mortgage payments, the habitat is simply retrieved, killing those inside. The story focuses on one of the men doing the retrieving who is sickened by his actions and starts a revolution. |
Holding Institutions | PSt |
Author Note | The author was born in England and lives in Scotland. |
Full Text | 2014 Oakley, Nicholas P. “Rag and Bone.” AnarchoSF: Science Fiction and the Stateless Society [Cover adds Volume 1]. Ed. Dana Rich (Victor, IA: Obsolete Press, 2014), 17-27. PSt The story is set in a future in which people have moved into space to escape the dangers of Earth. Living in individual space habitats is very expensive, and if someone falls behind in their mortgage payments, the habitat is simply retrieved, killing those inside. The story focuses on one of the men doing the retrieving who is sickened by his actions and starts a revolution. The author was born in England and lives in Scotland. |