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'According to Russell Blackford 'commercial science fiction is the most international of literary forms.' He observes that 'Australian SF continues to flourish, even if it trails heroic fantasy in mass-market appeal.' Australian SF writers although published internationally, with a dedicated fan followings in USA, UK and Europe, were overlooked for a very long time by Australian multinational publishers. The international editions had to be imported and were then distributed in Australia (Congreve and Marquardt 8). Blackford in his chapter throws light on the history of Australian SF and observes how Australian SF writers, with their concern for the future, achieved a powerful synthesis in form and content. The progress of Australian SF, maturity of style in the work of younger writers, and massive worldwide sales make Blackford optimistic as he asserts that 'the best Australian writers in the genre will be prominent players on the world stage.' (Editor's foreword xii-xiii)
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The Fiction of the Future : Australian Science Fiction
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- Godplayers 2005 single work novel
- K-Machines 2006 single work novel
- Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009 selected work criticism biography
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- Striped Holes 1988 single work novel
- The Sea's Furthest End 1993 single work novel
- The White Abacus 1997 single work novel
- Out of the Silence : A Romance 1919 single work novel
- The Dreaming Dragons : A Time Opera 1980 single work novel
- The Judas Mandala 1982 single work novel
- Diaspora 1997 single work novel
- Teranesia 1999 single work novel
- Schild's Ladder 2001 single work novel
- Incandescence 2008 single work novel
- Heartsease 1997 single work novel
- The Two Pearls of Wisdom 2008 single work novel
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow 1947 single work novel
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- Displaced Person 1979 single work novel
- Walkers on the Sky 1976 single work novel
- The Man Who Loved Morlocks : A Sequel to The Time Machine as Narrated by the Time Traveller 1981 single work novel
- On the Beach 1957 single work novel
- The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia 1895 single work novel
- Beloved Son 1978 single work novel
- Handfasted 1879 single work novel
- The Sea and Summer 1987 single work novel
- Vandals of the Void 1931 single work novel
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