"The Plastic People"
| Year for Search |
2022
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| Secondary Title |
Lightspeed
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| Annotation |
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. |
| Volume / Edition |
no. 144
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| Published Date |
May 2022 |
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| Full Text |
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. |
| Additional Publishers |
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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| Info Notes |
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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