"Tidings"

Submitted by LT_Sargent on Sat, 04/16/2022 - 15:03
Title"Tidings"
Year for Search2014
AuthorsLarson, Rich[ard William](b. 1992)
Secondary TitleImagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors
Date PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
PublisherFix Solutions Lab
Place PublishedNp
KeywordsCanadian author, Male author, Nigerien author, Spanish author, US author
Annotation

Vignettes from Maradi, Niger in 2038, Prague, Czechia in 2044, an abandoned Australian detention center in 2066, a First Nations community in 2099, and Ko Phangan, Thailand Republic in 2132. The first is about an invention that eats plastic; the second about a way of helping refugees; the third concerns using memories to reinforce the changes achieved; the fourth is about the beginning of means of communicating with animals; and the last shows the full development of that communication.
URLTidings | Fix (grist.org)
Info Notes

The story was awarded the third prize in the climate fiction contest.
Illustration

Illus. Rebekka Dunlap
Author Note

The author was born in Niger, studied in the U. S., worked in Spain, and lives in Canada.
Full Text

2021 Larson, Rich[ard William] (b. 1992). “Tidings.” Illus. Rebekka Dunlap. Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors (September 14, 2021). Fix Solutions Lab. Tidings | Fix (grist.org)

Vignettes from Maradi, Niger in 2038, Prague, Czechia in 2044, an abandoned Australian detention center in 2066, a First Nations community in 2099, and Ko Phangan, Thailand Republic in 2132. The first is about an invention that eats plastic; the second about a way of helping refugees; the third concerns using memories to reinforce the changes achieved; the fourth is about the beginning of means of communicating with animals; and the last shows the full development of that communication. The story was awarded the third prize in the climate fiction contest. The author was born in Niger, studied in the U. S., worked in Spain, and lives in Canada.