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james_davis_nicollIf the Mountain Comes (An Owomoyela)
Read by Kate Baker.
In a village whose water supply is brutally controlled by a single man, his daughter has to choose whether her father's claim that the village survives because of his close control of a vital but rare resource or a visitor's claim that the villagers can learn to manage their resources themselves.
Very much not an Analog* story. In Analog the strongman is always clearly right to domineer the sheeple; the only question is how many people will have to die to make the point.
* In the eras I read it.
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Read by Kate Baker.
In a village whose water supply is brutally controlled by a single man, his daughter has to choose whether her father's claim that the village survives because of his close control of a vital but rare resource or a visitor's claim that the villagers can learn to manage their resources themselves.
Very much not an Analog* story. In Analog the strongman is always clearly right to domineer the sheeple; the only question is how many people will have to die to make the point.
* In the eras I read it.
Support Clarkesworld
