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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 The Outcast
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'On Mars people can be different beyond sex or race. Like the currency lads and lasses of early Australia, second generation humans born on Mars are very different to 'Earthlings'. Can Alice and Weyen ever form a bond across this divide?' (Source: The Source).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Blue Dress : Stories Libby Hathorn (editor), Port Melbourne : Mammoth , 1991 Z77186 1991 anthology short story young adult Port Melbourne : Mammoth , 1991 pg. 127-136
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Taste of Cockroach Allan Baillie , Camberwell : Penguin , 2005 Z1192060 2005 selected work short story 'Here is a journey that begins with a shuddering disaster in the Himalayas, and ends with an ill-starred romance on Mars. In between are adventures down the rivers of Cambodia and Laos, battles with bulls in Australian country towns, encounters with French agents, freelance photography assignments, handbag-snatchers in Naples, thong-flingers in Rangoon, bread queues in Afghanistan, and more' (Source: back cover blurb). Camberwell : Penguin , 2005 pg. 165-177
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