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'At a remote ice station in Antarctica, a team of US scientists has made an amazing discovery. They have found something buried deep within a 100-million-year old layer of ice. Something made of METAL.'
Source: Back cover blurb.
Adaptations
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Ice Station
Matthew Reilly's Ice Station Live
2016
single work
drama
'Preachrs Podcast OnLine and OnStage is delighted to be bringing you a full cast audio drama of Matthew Reilly’s acclaimed action thriller novel Ice Station.
Ice Station tells the story of a team of US divers, who vanish while exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf. After sending out an SOS, the Wilkes Ice Station draws a rapid deployment team of Marines…and someone else! A horrific firefight, a plunge into a killer whale infested pool and a battle for survival is what makes Ice Station riveting. In Matthew Reilly’s words, “It’s time to bring Ice Station to life!”
Actor, director and writer Benjamin Maio Mackay has adapted Ice Station into an audio drama and in the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2016 the project will be piloted with a live reading of the first 3 parts. This reading will feature a hugely talented Adelaide ensemble cast, as well as sound effects to help engage the audience in this exciting story.' (OnStage)
Notes
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Dedication: For Natalie.
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Selected for the 2003 Books Alive promotion.
Selected in December 2004 by the Australian public in an ABC poll as Australia's 44th favourite book.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording. (2008 and 2021)
Works about this Work
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Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii) -
An Apocalyptic Map : New Worlds and the Colonization of Australia
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film : A Critical Study 2011; (p. 23-53) 'This chapter examines the map that preceded, and eventually superseded, the territory of Australia, in order to demonstrate that early maps of the south land established an apocalyptic tradition that still resonates in contemporary fictions. If one reinterprets Jean Baudrillard's comments in the context of colonization and Australia, it is possible to see how European imagination delineated an apocalyptic map of the country before explorers and settlers even arrived, a map that located Australia as a tabula rasa, a blank slate where heaven and hell might equally be feasible. This chapter surveys the dialectic emerging from these confliction visions.' (24)
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form
y
Fantasy
Jennifer Byrne Presents : Fantasy
Sydney
:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
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2011
15302671
2011
film/TV
'Jennifer Byrne presents this special on the Fantasy, joining her are Jennifer Rowe, Fiona McIntosh, Lev Grossman and Matthew Reilly.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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form
y
Bestsellers and Blockbusters
Sydney
:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
,
2010
15302616
2010
film/TV
'Jennifer Byrne is joined by the heavy artillery of the publishing world to discuss what it takes to be a bestselling author. Jennifer is joined by the man behind the enigmatic Jack Reacher Lee Child, author of Ice Station and The Five Greatest Warriors Matthew Reilly, author of 17 bestselling novels including The Silent Country, Di Morrissey as well as Australia's biggest selling author Bryce Courtenay.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Catch to $5 Cheapie For Bookbuyers
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 March 2003; (p. 7)
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Other Voices
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 August 1998; (p. 12)
— Review of Ice Station 1998 single work novel ; Lost in Space 1998 selected work short story ; The Pillow Fight 1998 single work novel ; The Love-Germ: a novel 1969 single work novel -
A Potential Best-Seller by an Exceptional Young Australian Novelist
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 16 August 1998; (p. 20)
— Review of Ice Station 1998 single work novel -
Great Balls of Tosh
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 September vol. 117 no. 6139 1998; (p. 69)
— Review of Ice Station 1998 single work novel -
Ice Mystery
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 204 1998; (p. 32)
— Review of Ice Station 1998 single work novel -
Genius at Work
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 October 2000; (p. 10)
— Review of Contest 1996 single work novel ; Ice Station 1998 single work novel -
Catch to $5 Cheapie For Bookbuyers
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 March 2003; (p. 7) -
Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii) -
An Apocalyptic Map : New Worlds and the Colonization of Australia
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film : A Critical Study 2011; (p. 23-53) 'This chapter examines the map that preceded, and eventually superseded, the territory of Australia, in order to demonstrate that early maps of the south land established an apocalyptic tradition that still resonates in contemporary fictions. If one reinterprets Jean Baudrillard's comments in the context of colonization and Australia, it is possible to see how European imagination delineated an apocalyptic map of the country before explorers and settlers even arrived, a map that located Australia as a tabula rasa, a blank slate where heaven and hell might equally be feasible. This chapter surveys the dialectic emerging from these confliction visions.' (24)
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Babe in the Words
1998
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 25-26 July 1998; (p. 28-31) -
An Interview with Matthew Reilly : The Writing of Area 7
2001
single work
biography
— Appears in: Area 7 2001; (p. 487-492)
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted YABBA — Fiction Years 7-9
- 2010 shortlisted KOALA Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
- Antarctica,
