“Sexy Robot Heroes
| Title | “Sexy Robot Heroes |
| Year for Search | 2018 |
| Authors | McDonald, Sandra [A.]( b. 1966) |
| Secondary Authors | Rafael, Rivqa, and Roberts, Tansy Rayner(b. 1978) |
| Secondary Title | Mother of Invention |
| Pagination | 73-96 |
| Date Published | 2018 |
| Publisher | Twelfth Planet Press |
| Place Published | Yokine, WA, Australia |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | The story is set in Guangzhou (Canton), China in a future in which there has been extensive flooding of the city due to climate change. There is extreme poverty, and gangs rule the areas of the city where the story is set, but the story is concerned with the struggles of a transgender individual to survive in this setting. |
| Info Notes | The story was longlisted for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The female author (b. 1966) is a former U. S. Navy officer who holds a graduate in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine |
| Full Text | 2018 McDonald, Sandra [A.] (b. 1966). “Sexy Robot Heroes.” Mother of Invention. Ed. Rivqa Rafael and Tansy Rayner Roberts (Yokine, WA, Australia: Twelfth Planet Press, 2018), 73-96. PSt The story is set in Guangzhou (Canton), China in a future in which there has been extensive flooding of the city due to climate change. There is extreme poverty, and gangs rule the areas of the city where the story is set, but the story is concerned with the struggles of a transgender individual to survive in this setting. The story was longlisted for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. The female author is a former U. S. Navy officer who holds a graduate in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. |
