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J. Filmore Sherry J. Filmore Sherry i(A44945 works by) (birth name: John Filmore Sherry)
Born: Established: 1866 Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1894 Carlton North, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 2 y separately published work icon Phosphor : An Ischian Mystery J. Filmore Sherry , Melbourne : Centennial Publishing Co. , 1888 Z1413507 1888 single work novel

'A despondent young man, buried alive after imbibing snake venom to test an antidote he'd invented, breaks out into a subterranean kingdom, inhabited by prehistoric creatures and anthropoids who are both Latin-speaking and phosphorescent! The queen of the anthropoids, who has a good figure but the head of an ape, takes a fancy to the hero and plans to use him as breeding stock to boost the gene pool of her tribe. Rather than submit, the hero kills the queen (with a poisonous snake) and is then speedily returned to Australia after a fortuitous volcanic eruption.'

Source: University of Melbourne Library. Special Collections.
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