"The Microwave Library"

Title"The Microwave Library"
Year for Search2021
AuthorsMcDonald, David Tam
Secondary TitleShoreline of Infinity
Volume / Editionno. 23
Pagination122-27
Date PublishedJuly 2021
ISSN Number2059-2590
KeywordsMale author, Northern Ireland author, Scottish author
Annotation

The story is set during a pandemic that keeps waxing and waning, with the protagonist a young girl who, in a world that burned books because they might be infected, is desperate to read one.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Shoreline of Infinity, no. 35 (Summer 2023): 75-80.

Info Notes

The story won the Cymere Festival and Shoreline of Infinity Competition for speculative short fiction 2021.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author was born in Northern Ireland and has lived in Scotland since 1997.

Full Text

2021 McDonald, David Tam. “The Microwave Library.” Shoreline of Infinity, no. 23 (July 2021), 122-27. Rpt. in Shoreline of Infinity, no. 35 (Summer 2023): 75-80. PSt

The story is set during a pandemic that keeps waxing and waning, with the protagonist a young girl who, in a world that burned books because they might be infected, is desperate to read one. It won the Cymere Festival and Shoreline of Infinity Competition for speculative short fiction 2021. The author was born in Northern Ireland and has lived in Scotland since 1997.