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The Ethical Culture Series
1978
series - author
novel
(number
3
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
1983...
1983
Yesterday's Men
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
'On a futuristic Earth where the repressive leaders of the Ethical Culture attempt to control the aggressive instincts of the human race, part-Cyborg Peter Corrigan becomes a part of a secret government experiment.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Avon reprint).
Notes
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Dedication: For Kay and Carl Routledge who kept on believing
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Epigraph: 'Oh, it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away"; / But it's "Thank you, Mr Atkins", when the band begins to play.' --- Rudyard Kipling, Tommy
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Epigraph: 'It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are.' --- T.S. Eliot, Religion and Literature
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
single work
review
— Review of Yesterday's Men 1983 single work novel -
Morals, Ethics, and Viewpoints
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 52-69) -
Dreadful Suspicions : On the 'Ethical Culture' Trilogy of George Turner : Beloved Son, Vaneglory, and Yesterday's Men
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 43-51) -
George Turner : One of Australia's Best Kept Secrets
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 133 1993; (p. 24-30) -
Those Heady Days of `69 Revisited
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 June 1985; (p. 45)
— Review of Yesterday's Men 1983 single work novel ; SF Commentary Reprint Edition : First Year 1969 1985 selected work criticism
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Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 February 1983; (p. 11)
— Review of Yesterday's Men 1983 single work novel -
Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 April 1983; (p. 36)
— Review of Yesterday's Men 1983 single work novel -
Untitled
single work
review
— Review of Yesterday's Men 1983 single work novel -
Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 5 no. 3 (Issue 15) 1983; (p. 109)
— Review of Yesterday's Men 1983 single work novel -
Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 February 1983; (p. 26)
— Review of Yesterday's Men 1983 single work novel -
Dreadful Suspicions : On the 'Ethical Culture' Trilogy of George Turner : Beloved Son, Vaneglory, and Yesterday's Men
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 43-51) -
Morals, Ethics, and Viewpoints
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 52-69) -
George Turner : One of Australia's Best Kept Secrets
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 133 1993; (p. 24-30) -
In the Painful Presence of George Turner
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 5 February 1983; (p. 11)
Awards
- 1984 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — International Science Fiction
- 1984 winner Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
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Subjects:
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cPapua New Guinea,cPacific Region,
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cPapua New Guinea,cPacific Region,
Settings:
- 1900-1999
- 1940s
- 2000-2099
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