Near Futures: Air, River of Gods

Change, some say, is a defining subject of sf. Changes in the world; changes in people. Geoff Ryman's short story 'Have Not Have', published in 2001, begins with a change, like this:

Mae lived in the last village in the world to go online. After that, everyone else went on Air.

( more on 'have not have' )

( general near-future-sf musings )

( river of gods by ian mcdonald )

( air by geoff ryman )