Paolo Bacigalupi's "Pump Six" (novelette, dystopia, free)

What if the people began becoming dumber, more of them every generation?

Story is told from the perspective of Travis Alvarez, a technical man responsible for running that sewage treatment plants of the New York City. He's among the very few smart people left, a bit over 100 years from now.

We aren't told what happened to bring in this calamity.

Collected in.

1. David Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Ed)'s "Year's Best SF 14" (2009).

Fact sheet.

First published: Paolo Bacigalupi's "Pump Six and Other Stories" (2008).
Rating: B.
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