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Collector's Item: A Positronic Book
Paperback
FantasyScience FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515450146
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Feb 28 2021
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A sharply ironic mid-century science fiction story in which rarity, ownership, and value take on unsettling new meaning.
In Collector's Item, Evelyn E. Smith turns the familiar impulse to acquire and categorize into a speculative examination of power and perception. What begins as admiration for the unusual gradually reveals deeper tensions beneath the act of collecting itself. As the boundaries between observer and observed begin to shift, assumptions about worth, control, and identity come under quiet scrutiny.
Characteristic of Smith's work, the story blends imaginative premise with social insight. Rather than relying on spectacle, she builds tension through cultural misunderstanding and subtle reversals, demonstrating how easily the language of appreciation can mask imbalance. Compact and incisive, Collector's Item exemplifies the intelligence and restraint that distinguish her contribution to Golden Age science fiction.
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