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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Parkland Trilogy
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A loosely linked trilogy.

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y separately published work icon Parkland Victor Kelleher , Ringwood : Viking , 1994 Z90725 1994 single work novel science fiction young adult

'Cassie has always been told that humans cannot survive outside Parkland, the huge fortress enclosure where humans and other apes are guarded by the mysterious keepers. But Cassie is sure that there must be life beyond the walls when she catches a glimpse of a "wild" boy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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y separately published work icon Earthsong Victor Kelleher , Ringwood : Viking , 1995 Z567110 1995 single work novel science fiction young adult

'The Earth of our distant future has become a strange and frightening place. Now, thousands of years later, two off-worlder humans Anna and Joe, are sent back to this wild and unpopulated planet to try to begin human life all over again. And together with their babbling computer companions Og, Trog and Walter, they set off on a journey of hope.

'But what they discover is a world far more confusing, far more powerful, than they'd ever imagined. Rats that seem to reason for themselves? Creatures that communicate in ancient human codes? What is going on?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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y separately published work icon Fire Dancer Victor Kelleher , Ringwood : Viking , 1996 Z447536 1996 single work novel young adult science fiction

'Two teenagers from the 21st century travel back to Neanderthal times and become marooned.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 1994-1996 .
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Works about this Work

Children of the Apocalypse Roslyn Weaver , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film : A Critical Study 2011; (p. 108-134)

This chapter explores apocalypse in children's literature with reference to literary attitudes to children, nature and dystopia. Examinations of works by Lee Harding, Victor Kelleher, and John Marsden then focus on how these writers adapt apocalyptic themes for a juvenile audience. Their novels display tyranny, large-scale catastrophe, invasion, and children in danger, and their apocalyptic settings reveal anxieties about isolation, invasion, Indigenous land rights and colonization. (108)
Beyond Today's Thinking : Victor Kelleher's Parkland John Murray , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 11 no. 1 2001; (p. 26-31) John Murray discusses the complex ethical considerations Victor Kelleher raises in his novel Parklands (1994) concerning biotechnologies, humanness and hybrid identities and the problems associated with distinguishing between 'human beings and other living things' (p.26). Despite the fact that Murray believes the novel fails to deal with the crucial issue of 'different treatment for different species', he does point to the range of ideas the text opens up regarding the 'integrity and beauty' of the biotic community (p.27). In particular, he argues, the novel challenges the traditional Judeo-Christian ethic which underpins Western thinking and 'regards human beings as having dominion over all living creatures' rather than 'equal members of a biotic community' (p.27). For younger readers, says Murray, the novel 'opens up a potentially very intense ethical and practical debate' and allows the reader to develop an awareness of the complexities of human effects on the environment (p.29).
Children of the Apocalypse Roslyn Weaver , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film : A Critical Study 2011; (p. 108-134)

This chapter explores apocalypse in children's literature with reference to literary attitudes to children, nature and dystopia. Examinations of works by Lee Harding, Victor Kelleher, and John Marsden then focus on how these writers adapt apocalyptic themes for a juvenile audience. Their novels display tyranny, large-scale catastrophe, invasion, and children in danger, and their apocalyptic settings reveal anxieties about isolation, invasion, Indigenous land rights and colonization. (108)
Beyond Today's Thinking : Victor Kelleher's Parkland John Murray , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 11 no. 1 2001; (p. 26-31) John Murray discusses the complex ethical considerations Victor Kelleher raises in his novel Parklands (1994) concerning biotechnologies, humanness and hybrid identities and the problems associated with distinguishing between 'human beings and other living things' (p.26). Despite the fact that Murray believes the novel fails to deal with the crucial issue of 'different treatment for different species', he does point to the range of ideas the text opens up regarding the 'integrity and beauty' of the biotic community (p.27). In particular, he argues, the novel challenges the traditional Judeo-Christian ethic which underpins Western thinking and 'regards human beings as having dominion over all living creatures' rather than 'equal members of a biotic community' (p.27). For younger readers, says Murray, the novel 'opens up a potentially very intense ethical and practical debate' and allows the reader to develop an awareness of the complexities of human effects on the environment (p.29).
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