"Old Media"
| Title | "Old Media" |
| Year for Search | 2019 |
| Authors | Newitz, Annalee(b. 1969) |
| Secondary Title | Tor.com |
| Date Published | February 20, 2019 |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-949103-22-2 |
| Keywords | Transgender author, US author |
| Annotation | The story is set in 2145 and the protagonist is a gay Chinese man sent to Canada as part of a contract. In the future Canada, each city requires an individual to purchase a franchise that allows them to live and work in the city. Without the franchise, they are slaves, and, when the contract fell through, he is enslaved. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt., without the illustration, in The Best Science Fiction of the Year. Volume 5. Ed. Neil Clarke (New York: Night Shade Books, 2020), 417-29. |
| URL | https://www.tor.com/2019/02/20/old-media-annalee-newitz/ |
| Illustration | Illus. Soufiane Mengad |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The author, who has a doctorate in English and American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, uses the pronoun they. |
| Full Text | 2019 Newitz, Annalee (b. 1969). “Old Media.” Illus. Soufiane Mengad. Tor. com (February 20, 2019). https://www.tor.com/2019/02/20/old-media-annalee-newitz/ Rpt., without the illustration, in The Best Science Fiction of the Year. Volume 5. Ed. Neil Clarke (New York: Night Shade Books, 2020), 417-29. PSt The story is set in 2145 and the protagonist is a gay Chinese man sent to Canada as part of a contract. In the future Canada, each city requires an individual to purchase a franchise that allows them to live and work in the city. Without the franchise, they are slaves, and, when the contract fell through, he is enslaved. The author, who has a doctorate in English and American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, uses the pronoun they. |
