"City of Refuge"
Title | "City of Refuge" |
Year for Search | 2020 |
Authors | Broaddus, Maurice [Gerald](b. 1970) |
Secondary Authors | Lafferty, Mur, and Divya, S. B. [pseud.] |
Secondary Title | Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology |
Pagination | 163-81, with a note on the author on 162 |
Date Published | 2020 |
Publisher | Titan Books |
Place Published | London |
ISBN Number | 9781789095012 |
Keywords | African American author, English author, Male author |
Annotation | The story is set in a future Indianapolis on “Original Earth,” or what remains after the rich have left to settle Mars and African Americans who can afford to have settled the moon and orbiting cities around it. Those left behind include those who can afford to ensure clean air and water by building a dome over their neighborhood and those who can’t. The viewpoint character is an African American ex-convict struggling to survive. |
Holding Institutions | PSt |
Author Note | The African American author was born in England and raised and lives in the U.S. |
Full Text | 2020 Broaddus, Maurice [Gerald] (b. 1970). “City of Refuge.” Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology. Ed. Mur Lafferty and S. B. Divya [Divya Srinivasan Breed] (London: Titan Books, 2020), 163-81, with a note on the author on 162. PSt The story is set in a future Indianapolis on “Original Earth,” or what remains after the rich have left to settle Mars and African Americans who can afford to have settled the moon and orbiting cities around it. Those left behind include those who can afford to ensure clean air and water by building a dome over their neighborhood and those who can’t. The viewpoint character is an African American ex-convict struggling to survive. The African American author was born in England and raised and lives in the U.S. |