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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Cenotaxis
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'In the aftermath of a mysterious galactic catastrophe, a messiah intent on reuniting the warring factions of humanity under the banner of a false religion comes at last to the birthplace of civilization: the ancient and mysterious world of Earth. Long abandoned by its children, Earth is old and scarred but far from spent. Home for one million years to minds more powerful than any remaining in existence, it will be the setting of a battle deciding the future of the galaxy, and humanity itself.

On Earth, a false prophet comes face to face with his greatest adversary yet: a man who thinks he's god, and might very well be right.

Set in the same universe as Astropolis, William's space opera series which began with Saturn Returns, Cenotaxis paints a complex and beautiful picture of the future, and of the people who will decide its fate.' (Publisher's blurb)

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Notes

  • Dedication: For Lou & Chris, the real McCoys

  • Epigraph:

    'A finger writing on the wall,

    While girls sang as the angels sing-

    A drunken boaster in the hall,

    The fool that used to be a king.'

    (Henry Lawson, 'When I Was King')

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Austin, Texas,
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      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       MonkeyBrain ,       2007 .
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      Extent: 111p.
      ISBN: 9781932265262
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    y separately published work icon The Sky Inside Sean Williams , Harrogate : PS Publishing , 2023 26668573 2023 selected work novella

    'Worlds within. Worlds without end. Seven novellas from Australia’s #1 New York Times-bestselling “Emperor of Sci-fi” that take the reader on journeys deep and wide: through space- and time-bending labyrinths; via machines that challenge our very notions of reality; to the very ends of humanity and the furthest reaches of the human heart.

    'THESKYINSIDE collects work by Sean Williams set in his TWINMAKER, ASTROPOLIS and STRUCTURE series that have been recognised by the Aurealis, Ditmar and Locus Awards, along with new work that spans the decades of his writing career' (Publication summary)

         Harrogate : PS Publishing , 2023
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Works about this Work

[Review] Cenotaxis [and] Earth Ascendant Keith Stevenson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 42 2009; (p. 138-139)
— Review of Cenotaxis Sean Williams , 2007 single work novella ; Earth Ascendant Sean Williams , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Cenotaxis Simon Petrie , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine , no. 42 2009; (p. 94)
— Review of Cenotaxis Sean Williams , 2007 single work novella
Sean Williams in Conversation with Satima Flavell Satima Flavell (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: The Specusphere , May no. 2 2008;
Out of This World Jason Nahrung , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 14-15 May 2007; (p. 19)
[Review] Cenotaxis Simon Petrie , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine , no. 42 2009; (p. 94)
— Review of Cenotaxis Sean Williams , 2007 single work novella
[Review] Cenotaxis [and] Earth Ascendant Keith Stevenson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 42 2009; (p. 138-139)
— Review of Cenotaxis Sean Williams , 2007 single work novella ; Earth Ascendant Sean Williams , 2008 single work novel
Out of This World Jason Nahrung , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 14-15 May 2007; (p. 19)
Sean Williams in Conversation with Satima Flavell Satima Flavell (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: The Specusphere , May no. 2 2008;
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