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January Fifteenth

Rachel Swirsky

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January Fifteenth was 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 Rachel Swirsky, the fifteenth of January is another day of the status quo, and another chance at making lasting change.

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Publisher
Tordotcom
Year
2022
ISBN-13
9781250198938
Genre
Science FictionFiction
Topics
Universal Basic IncomeInterconnected livesSocial and economic inequality

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