January Fifteenth

Swirsky, Rachel

ISBN 10: 1250198941 / ISBN 13: 9781250198945

Published by Tor.com (edition ), 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: January Fifteenth
• Publisher: Tor.com (edition )
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250198941
• ISBN 13: 9781250198945
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

“One of the best speculative writers of the last decade.”―John Scalzi

A Philip K. Dick Award nominee!

January Fifteenth―the day all Americans receive their annual Universal Basic Income payment.

For Hannah, a middle-aged mother, today is the anniversary of the day she took her two children and fled her abusive ex-wife.

For Janelle, a young, broke journalist, today is another mind-numbing day interviewing passersby about the very policy she once opposed.

For Olivia, a wealthy college freshman, today is “Waste Day”, when rich kids across the country compete to see who can most obscenely squander the government’s money.

For Sarah, a pregnant teen, today is the day she’ll journey alongside her sister-wives to pick up the payment­­s that undergird their community―and perhaps embark on a new journey altogether.

In this near-future science fiction novella by Nebula Award-winning author Rachel Swirsky, the fifteenth of January is another day of the status quo, and another chance at making lasting change.

About the Author

Rachel Swirsky lives in Portland, Oregon, where she roams happily under overcast skies with the hipsters. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop. Her fiction has appeared in venues including Tor.com, Asimov’s, and The Best American Non-Required Reading. Her fiction has been nominated for the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award, and twice won the Nebula Award. Her books include Placed into Abyss (Mise en Abyse) and A Memory of Wind.