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Lee Harding Lee Harding i(A31597 works by) (a.k.a. Lee John Harding)
Also writes as: Harold G. Nye
Born: Established: 19 Feb 1937 Colac, Colac area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 19 Apr 2023 Perth, Western Australia,
Gender: Male
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1 6 y separately published work icon Heartsease Lee Harding , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1997 Z122963 1997 single work novel young adult
2 10 y separately published work icon Waiting for the End of the World Lee Harding , Melbourne : Hyland House , 1983 Z485436 1983 single work novel science fiction young adult

In a 21st century Australia where cities are armed fortifications and the population is kept docile by government-approved drugs, a group of young people determines to seek a more secure future in the unknown bush away from the threat of the Patrol.
1 Limbo Lee Harding , 1982 extract novel fantasy (Displaced Person)
— Appears in: Australian Science Fiction 1982; (p. 298-308)
1 A Letter from Lee Harding Lee Harding , 1980 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 76 1980; (p. 6-8)
3 13 y separately published work icon Displaced Person Lee Harding , Melbourne : Hyland House , 1979 Z162247 1979 single work novel young adult science fiction fantasy As everything around him grows gray and insubstantial, a teenage boy wonders whether the world is going crazy or he is. Then, 'within his twilight world, the narrator encounters two guides: a delinquent girl and an old tramp reminiscent of those in Celtic folktales'. Source: 'Forms of Power in Recent Australian Science Fiction'.
1 6 y separately published work icon The Web of Time Lee Harding , Stanmore : Cassell Australia , 1979 Z846009 1979 single work novel young adult science fiction adventure
1 The Cage of Flesh Lee Harding , 1978 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Envisaged Worlds 1978; (p. 35-48)
1 9 y separately published work icon Rooms of Paradise Lee Harding (editor), South Yarra : Quartet Books , 1978 Z517040 1978 anthology short story science fiction
2 5 y separately published work icon The Weeping Sky Lee Harding , Stanmore : Cassell Australia , 1977 Z76525 1977 single work novel fantasy young adult

'"A multitude of possible worlds" ... Do these words indicate the truth behind the mysterious Wall that is stretched across the valley? The Wall that glows with such a supernal splendour above the shallow lake beneath it, and yet appears as insubstantial as the dew?

'In a time and place that seem remotely familiar, two Scientists, Master Asquith and his pupil, sixteen-year-old Conrad le Jeune, ride from the College at Abingdon to carry out their investigation beneath the very eyes of the Church: for the valley of the Wall is close by the Monastery of St Germaine. And in their quest for the truth they encounter a knight of the realm, Ramon de Vargas and his daughter, Donella - an encounter that is to involve the young student in a desperate venture beyond anything he had imagined, leading him at last to the terrifying Fortress at the end of time.

'Is the Wall in truth the 'miracle' the Abbot of St Germaine declares it to be, a vision of supernatural beauty; or is it a creation of the Devil, a scabrous, weeping wound suspended in the sky? It is left to Conrad to discover the truth, as he treads at last a desolate plain haunted by half-human creatures.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 1 Spaceman Lee Harding , 1977 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: The Zeitgeist Machine : A New Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1977; (p. 41-80)
1 Night of Passage Lee Harding , 1976 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Space 3 1976; (p. 137-149) Dream Time : New Stories by Sixteen Award-Winning Authors 1989; (p. 45-58)

The story 'tells of a young girl earning her womanhood in an eerie adventure in a strangely deserted city.'

Source: 'Dreams and Illusions Bear Literary Fruit', Canberra Times, 19 August 1989, p.27.
1 2 y separately published work icon Future Sanctuary Lee Harding , New York (City) : Laser Books , 1976 Z968268 1976 single work novel science fiction thriller
1 y separately published work icon Return to Tomorrow Lee Harding , Stanmore : Cassell Australia , 1976 Z849492 1976 single work children's fiction children's
1 1 y separately published work icon Beyond Tomorrow : An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction Lee Harding (editor), Melbourne : Wren , 1976 Z517354 1976 anthology No single volume could hope to do justice to the wide variety of science fiction now being published throughout the world. In Beyond Tomorrow I have brought together some of the finest contemporary writing from England and America, and combined it with a selection of Australian stories, demonstrating that there are a number of writers in this country already experienced in the difficult art of writing science fiction.

Recent years have witnessed an astonishing flowering of the genre in places as wide afield as Poland, Japan, Russia and South America, to mention only a few. Only a small proportion of this interesting new work has so far been made available in translation, and in some cases rights have proven difficult to obtain. These problems will be solved in time, and I like to think that future publications of this nature will include a representative selection of these important new voices.

[Source: Beyond Tomorrow, Wren hardback edition]
1 3 y separately published work icon The Altered I : An Encounter with Science Fiction Lee Harding (editor), Carlton : Norstrilia Press , 1976 Z517246 1976 anthology short story criticism poetry science fiction Drawn from the proceedings of a workshop run by Ursula Le Guin, this anthology 'is very much a record of writing as process, which makes it highly useful for both students and teachers'. Source: 'Forms of Power in Recent Australian Science Fiction'.
1 y separately published work icon The Frozen Sky Lee Harding , Stanmore : Cassell Australia , 1975 Z1741612 1975 single work novel science fiction
1 2 y separately published work icon A World of Shadows Lee Harding , London : Robert Hale , 1975 Z968265 1975 single work novel science fiction
1 Rite of Passage Lee Harding , 1973 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: The Melbourne Sun , 27 December 1973; (p. 22-23)
1 Mistress of the Mind Lee Harding , 1971 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: New Writings in SF 18 1971; (p. 9-32)
2 y separately published work icon Fallen Spaceman Lee Harding , 1971 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: If : Worlds of Science Fiction , May-June vol. 20 no. 11 1971; (p. 152-173) After crashing to earth, a giant spacesuit starts a wild rampage through a forest, endangering the lives of its small human-like alien and a curious boy who crawled aboard.
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