Nice to have a story form Bacigalupi – oh for the days when stories from him were much more common occurrences – albeit a short and fairly straightforward one.
Here he provides a glimpse into the near-future world of a drought-ridden US southwest, as a journalist accompanies a professional scavenger on a 100degree nightime excursion to remove solar panels from abandoned houses, whilst dodging security patrols.
More from this issue here.