"Skin City"
| Title | "Skin City" |
| Year for Search | 2019 |
| Authors | Robson, Kelly(b. 1967) |
| Secondary Title | The Verge Better Worlds |
| Date Published | February 6, 2019 |
| ISBN Number | 978-1645240259 |
| Keywords | Canadian author, Lesbian author |
| Annotation | The story is set in a future that has adapted to climate change by building domes over cities and extensive rewilding, but the story focuses on the issue of privacy and those who choose a radical version of privacy. Part of a series based on the author’s Toronto friends in the theatre and burlesque that includes “The Desperate Flesh.” Nasty: Fetish Fights Back: An Erotic Short Story Collection. Ed. Anna Yeatts and Chris Phillips. Np: Flash Fiction online LLC, 2017. Rpt. in her Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 175-85, with “Notes about ‘The Desperate Flesh’” on 186, which is realist fiction about an old folks’ home for lesbians, and “Alias Space.” Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 187-224, with “Notes about ‘Alias Space’” on 225, which is non-utopian science fiction. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in her Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 227-41, with “Notes about ‘Skin City’” on 242. |
| URL | https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/6/18197632/kelly-robson-sci-fi-story-privacy-ar-skins-better-worlds |
| Info Notes | An author Q&A is available on the site. Part of a series based on the author’s Toronto friends in the theatre and burlesque that includes “The Desperate Flesh.” Nasty: Fetish Fights Back: An Erotic Short Story Collection. Ed. Anna Yeatts and Chris Phillips. Np: Flash Fiction online LLC, 2017. Rpt. in her Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 175-85, with “Notes about ‘The Desperate Flesh’” on 186, which is realist fiction about an old folks’ home for lesbians, and “Alias Space.” Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 187-224, with “Notes about ‘Alias Space’” on 225, which is non-utopian science fiction. |
| Holding Institutions | Public |
| Author Note | Canadian lesbian author |
| Full Text | 2019 Robson, Kelly (b. 1967). “Skin City.” Illus. Deborah Lee. The Verge Better Worlds (February 6, 2019). https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/6/18197632/kelly-robson-sci-fi-story-privacy-ar-skins-better-worlds. A video and author Q&A are available on the site. Rpt. in her Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 227-41, with “Notes about ‘Skin City’” on 242. An author Q&A is available on the site. Public The story is set in a future that has adapted to climate change by building domes over cities and extensive rewilding, but the story focuses on the issue of privacy and those who choose a radical version of privacy. Part of a series based on the author’s Toronto friends in the theatre and burlesque that includes “The Desperate Flesh.” Nasty: Fetish Fights Back: An Erotic Short Story Collection. Ed. Anna Yeatts and Chris Phillips. Np: Flash Fiction online LLC, 2017. Rpt. in her Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 175-85, with “Notes about ‘The Desperate Flesh’” on 186, which is realist fiction about an old folks’ home for lesbians, and “Alias Space.” Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 187-224, with “Notes about ‘Alias Space’” on 225, which is non-utopian science fiction. Canadian lesbian author. |
