Beggars in Spain/Beggars and Choosers (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Nancy Anne Koningisor
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: The twenty-first and twenty-second centuries
- Setting: Earth and Sanctuary, a space station orbiting Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Twenty-first century, Sleep
- Locales: Earth, Solar system
The Plot
Beggars in Spain opens in the year 2008 with the birth of Leisha Camden. The world is prosperous, thanks to the discovery of a cheap energy source by Kenzo Yagai. Roger Camden is a leading Yagaiist, embracing Yagai’s philosophy of an individual’s responsibility to do the appropriate thing. He is determined to produce a perfect daughter and insists on a modification to ensure that Leisha never needs to sleep, so that she will be more useful to the community.
Leisha is intellectually brilliant and develops rapidly. As she grows older, she is aware of...
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