Greg Egan. Zero for Conduct. (Twelve Tomorrows)

twelvetomorrowsBeing the inventor of room-temperature superconductivity would be a route to instant fame and riches. Unless you’re a young woman, in college, in Iran. Then things are not quite so simple. Fortunately, not only is Latifa gifted academically, she has the nous to overcome several obstacles to make the most of her invention…

Nice to have a story from Egan, on good form, although (whisper)it could have been a little shorter, without losing anything…

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