The Smog Society

Chen Qiufan Lightspeed 63 2015

ShortStory 4,618 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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A lonely old Chinese man gets involved in the fight against smog--without government approval.

Near Future Art And Creation Restrained

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Class Inequality Introspective Political Resistance Urban Melancholic Memory Social SF Contemporary Literary SF Contemplative Literary Close Third Person Grief And Loss Bittersweet Character Driven Science Fiction

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illness-and-pandemic

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