"Castoff World"
| Title | "Castoff World" |
| Year for Search | 2010 |
| Authors | Kenyon, Kay(b. 1956) |
| Secondary Authors | de Vries, Jetse |
| Secondary Title | Shine: An Anthology of Near-future, Optimistic Science Fiction |
| Pagination | 361-80 with an editor's note on 360 |
| Date Published | 2010 |
| Publisher | Solaris |
| Place Published | Oxford, Eng. |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | The castoff world is a pile of trash in the ocean which is inhabited by a young girl and her grandfather. The trash island is being created by advanced technology designed to gradually clean up the ocean. After the grandfather's death the island becomes sentient, transforms itself into a boat and takes the girl to what appears to be an environmental eutopia. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | Female author (b. 1956) |
| Full Text | 2010 Kenyon, Kay (b. 1956). “Castoff World.” Shine: An Anthology of Near-future, Optimistic Science Fiction. Ed. Jetse de Vries (Oxford, Eng.: Solaris, 2010), 361-80 with an editor’s note on 360. PSt The castoff world is a pile of trash in the ocean which is inhabited by a young girl and her grandfather. The trash island is being created by advanced technology designed to gradually clean up the ocean. After the grandfather’s death the island becomes sentient, transforms itself into a boat and takes the girl to what appears to be an environmental eutopia. Female author. |
