"The Plastic People"

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2022
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The story is set on Earth, which is mostly a huge trash pile and one of the orbitals that surround the planet where those wealthy enough to leave Earth live. In the story, five friends visit Earth on a lark and capture a “feral child” and take back with him. Not a success.

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no. 144
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May 2022

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2022 Buckell, Tobias S[amuel] (b. 1979). “The Plastic People.” Lightspeed, no. 144 (May 2022). https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-plastic-people/ with an Rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 8. Ed. Neil Clarke (New York: Night Shade Books/Skyhorse Publishing, 2024), 127-138.Rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 8. Ed. Neil Clarke (New York: Night Shade Books/Skyhorse Publishing, 2024), 127-138. PSt

The story is set on Earth, which is mostly a huge trash pile and one of the orbitals that surround the planet where those wealthy enough to leave Earth live. In the story, five friends visit Earth on a lark and capture a “feral child” and take back with him. Not a success. The author was born in Grenada and raised there and in the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. He now lives in the U.S.

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Rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 8. Ed. Neil Clarke (New York: Night Shade Books/Skyhorse Publishing, 2024), 127-138.

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See the Author Spotlight where the author is interviewed regarding the story by Laurel Amberdine at https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-tobias-s-buckell-3/

Author Note

The author (b. 1979) was born in Grenada and raised there and in the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. He now lives in the U.S.

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