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Appears in:
- y Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film : A Critical Study Jefferson : McFarland and Company , 2011 Z1820733 2011 single work criticism 'Australia has been a frequent choice of location for narratives about the end of the world in science fiction and speculative works, ranging from pre-colonial apocalyptic maps to key literary works from the last fifty years. This critical work explores the role of Australia in both apocalyptic literature and film. Works and genres covered include Nevil Shute's popular novel On the Beach, Mad Max, children's literature, Indigenous writing, and cyberpunk. The text examines ways in which apocalypse is used to undermine complacency, foretell environmental disasters, critique colonization, and to serve as a means of protest for minority groups. Australian apocalypse imagines Australia at the ends of the world, geographically and psychologically, but also proposes spaces of hope for the future.' (From the publisher's website.) Jefferson : McFarland and Company , 2011 pg. 108-134
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Subjects:
- Keep Calm 1978 single work novel
- Stolen : A Letter to My Captor 2009 single work novel
- Picnic at Hanging Rock 1967 single work novel
- Displaced Fictions : Contemporary Australian Books for Teenagers and Young Adults 1999 single work criticism
- Earthborn Wars Trilogy 2003 series - author novel
- Space Demons Trilogy 1986 series - author
- Skymaze 1989 single work children's fiction
- Heaven and Earth Trilogy 2000-2003 series - author novel
- Beyond the Labyrinth 1988 single work novel
- The Web of Time 1979 single work novel
- The Eye Witness 1991 single work novel
- Quest Beyond Time 1985 single work novel
- The Girl from Tomorrow Part II : Tomorrow's End 1993 series - publisher film/TV
- Scatterlings 1991 single work novel
- The Obernewtyn Chronicles 1987 series - author novel
- The Lake at the End of the World 1988 single work novel
- The Makers 1987 single work novel
- Parkland Trilogy 1994 series - author novel
- Tomorrow Series 1993 series - author novel