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'The novel tells the story of an Arcadian shepherdess named Irene, and of her reincarnation in a modern day. The first Irene begins In a dream world of sun and flowers and centaurs, progresses to be the mistress of Syrian provincial governor (In some ways the early part of the book reminds one of John Masefield's 'Basilissa'), and then, meeting Ezra, a disciple of Jesus and His teaching, is won to the new religion and perishes in a lion's den. The twentieth-century Irene Is an out-of-work actress, who, driven almost to the verge of suicide, meets a sect of reformers, inspired by Christian principles, and led by another Ezra. This time it is Ezra Prentice, a hunted man with a price on his head: a preacher of pacifism and a hater of war. We have it hinted that, with this Ezra, too, this Irene goes to her destruction for the Christian ideal. So that, running through the book's lush language, its over-embroidered style, and its sensuality, there Is a message. It is a message which gains force because of its difference from the background against which it is set. And it is a brave doctrine, if a dangerous one, in these times.'
Source:
'We Still Have Lions' Dens', Newcastle Sun, 18 January 1941, p.4.
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2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)
— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages 1937 single work children's fiction -
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Checklist of Australian Fantasy (to 1937)
Sydney
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Futurian Press
,
1950
Z1725295
1950
reference
bibliography
— Review of Holiday 1940 single work novel Discusses Lanarch's checklist of the elements comprising works of speculative fiction. -
Novels by Australians
1941
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 February vol. 62 no. 3182 1941; (p. 2)
— Review of Holiday 1940 single work novel -
More Australian Publishers
1934
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 April vol. 6 no. 4 1934; (p. 74)
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More Miscellaneous
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)
— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages 1937 single work children's fiction -
y
Checklist of Australian Fantasy (to 1937)
Sydney
:
Futurian Press
,
1950
Z1725295
1950
reference
bibliography
— Review of Holiday 1940 single work novel Discusses Lanarch's checklist of the elements comprising works of speculative fiction. -
Novels by Australians
1941
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 February vol. 62 no. 3182 1941; (p. 2)
— Review of Holiday 1940 single work novel -
More Australian Publishers
1934
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 12 April vol. 6 no. 4 1934; (p. 74)