Sandcastles: A Dystopia
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A story inspired by my experiences working to help people affected by Hurricane Katrina using the Internet.
First appeared in Nature 437, 926 (6 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/437926a; Published online 5 October 2005. Copyright © 2005 by Kathryn Cramer. It also appeared in the anthology Futures from Nature edited by Henry Gee.
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