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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 The Kamikaze Mind
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'The story of an astronaut who launched himself into a black hole. The recovered fragments of his mind have been organized alphabetically into a witty, whimsical, surprisingly touching and laugh-out-loud funny dictionary of a floating mind.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Epigraph: If an astronaut falls into a black hole he will be returned to the rest of the universe in the form of radiation. Thus, in a sense, the astronaut will be recycled. However, it would be a poor sort of immortality because any personal concept of time would come to an end...All that would survive would be his mas or energy.- Stephen Hawking, Anglia Telvision.
  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to the one-step plan: "Ishvara-pranidhanad-va" (from Patanjali's Yoga-Sutra 1:23).
  • Novel in dictionary form.
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Blackheath, Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,:Brandl and Schlesinger , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Documentaryi"They came into the picture-house in tatters from the cold", Richard James Allen , single work poetry (p. 41)
Daintreei"the river makes me happy", Richard James Allen , single work poetry (p. 114)
Secretsi"i used to think", Richard James Allen , single work poetry (p. 117-118)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

The Exhilaration and Anxiety of Free Fall Mark Seton , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Jacket , October no. 33 2007;

— Review of The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
Poet Alphabetically Examines Life, Love, Loss and Beyond Kevin C. Peters , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 21 no. 2 2007; (p. 192-193)

— Review of The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
The Book and Beyond : Keith Gallasch Enters the Kamikaze Mind Keith Gallasch , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: RealTime , August-September vol. 74 no. 2006;

— Review of The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
World into Word Judith Beveridge , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 65 no. 4 2006; (p. 113-116)

— Review of The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 December 2006; (p. 38)

— Review of Circle of Flight John Marsden , 2006 single work novel ; The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 December 2006; (p. 38)

— Review of Circle of Flight John Marsden , 2006 single work novel ; The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
World into Word Judith Beveridge , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 65 no. 4 2006; (p. 113-116)

— Review of The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
Poet Alphabetically Examines Life, Love, Loss and Beyond Kevin C. Peters , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 21 no. 2 2007; (p. 192-193)

— Review of The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
The Exhilaration and Anxiety of Free Fall Mark Seton , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Jacket , October no. 33 2007;

— Review of The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
The Book and Beyond : Keith Gallasch Enters the Kamikaze Mind Keith Gallasch , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: RealTime , August-September vol. 74 no. 2006;

— Review of The Kamikaze Mind Richard James Allen , 2006 single work novel
Chancellor Awards Kamikaze Thesis Bernard Lane , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 May 2006; (p. 29)
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