"Rings"

Title"Rings"
Year for Search2017
AuthorsHoffman, Nina Kiriki(b. 1955)
Secondary TitleThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Volume / Edition132.5/6
Pagination240-56
Date PublishedMay-June 2017
ISBN Number978-1-60701-5260
ISSN Number00024-984X
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

A matriarchal dystopia where women buy male slaves, who they control through implanted rings, with the story focusing on a woman who has finally saved enough money to buy her first man.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy: 2018 Edition. Ed. Rich Horton ([New York]: Prime Books, 2018), 322-35. PSt

Author Note

Female author (b. 1955)

Full Text

2017 Hoffman, Nina Kiriki (b. 1955). “Rings.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 132.5/6 (May-June 2017): 240-56. Rpt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy: 2018 Edition. Ed. Rich Horton ([New York]: Prime Books, 2018), 322-35. PSt

A matriarchal dystopia where women buy male slaves, who they control through implanted rings, with the story focusing on a woman who has finally saved enough money to buy her first man. Female author.