"Slow Burn in Alphabettown"

Title"Slow Burn in Alphabettown"
Year for Search1991
AuthorsLewitt, S[hariann] N.(b. 1954)
Secondary AuthorsWatt-Evans, Lawrence(b. 1954)
Tertiary AuthorsLewitt, S. N.
Secondary TitleNewer York: Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy About the World’s Greatest City
Pagination192-211
Date Published1991
PublisherRoc
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number9780451450456
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopia of a future New York deeply divided between the rich and poor and cut off from electricity supplies. New Jersey is burning. There is no trash collection in New York, but at the end the poor people organize to clean up their areas. 

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Author Note

Female author (b. 1954).

Full Text

1991 Lewitt, S[hariann] N. (b. 1954). “Slow Burn in Alphabettown.” Newer York: Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy About the World’s Greatest City. Ed. Lawrence Watt-Evans (New York: Roc Books, 1991), 192-211. PSt

Dystopia of a future New York deeply divided between the rich and poor and cut off from electricity supplies. New Jersey is burning. There is no trash collection in New York, but at the end the poor people organize to clean up their areas. Female author.