Michael<p>One of the best of 2021: “Ansariland” by J. Alan Veercamp. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MMRomance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMRomance</span></a></p><p>In a dystopian future where the gulf between rich and poor is even greater (if you can imagine that), Arad is a “slug” — the common slang term for someone who’s poor, homeless, and assumed to be uneducated. They are considered the dregs of society, and there are a lot of them. Most work is mechanized, so jobs are scarce. The challenge is especially hard for Arad, whose true identity has been erased. Arad is at least young and sufficiently good-looking to make enough to eat by selling himself to those with the money to pay for his services. When Captain Torrin offers Arad a job on his cargo ship as his cabin boy, the young man is absolutely certain what the job entails and is almost as sure that the captain is not to be trusted, but he feels out of options and takes the job. </p><p><a href="https://michaeljoseph.info/blog/2021/review-ansariland-j-alan-veerkam/?ref=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaeljoseph.info/blog/2021/r</span><span class="invisible">eview-ansariland-j-alan-veerkam/?ref=mastodon</span></a></p>