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Sirius single work   short story   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Sirius
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Told as a series of first-person accounts, 'Sirius' relates the progression of an airborne disease in the closed system of a space station, circulating above a planet: as the story progresses, the connection of the disease to the planet's colonial history becomes clearer.

Notes

  • Note: although set in an alternate star system, the story has strong parallels to Australian colonial history.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Clarkesworld no. 63 December 2011 9819096 2011 periodical issue 2011
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