Synopsis
Ibrahim is a junk collector living in a junkyard and fixing up Robotniks. One day searching for junk he finds a baby.
History
First publication: Strange Horizons, October 15, 2012
Review
Well-written story with a lot of imagination. Tidhar seems to have his science fiction stories mostly in a related future history. One where advanced tech and ai have moved man out into the solar system, but ordinary people are struggling to get by with little. The whole seems rather surreal, almost like a Ballard story, but with a lot more poverty and desperation. Not great, but recommended.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
All of the stories in the Central Station series:
The Oracle
Filaments
Vladimir Chong Chooses to Die
Central Station
Neom
The Smell of Orange Groves
Under the Eaves
The Indignity of Rain
Robotnik
Strigoi
The Lord of Discarded Things
The Bookseller
Crabapple
The Core
Only Human
