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My Life and Grimes single work   autobiography  
Date: 1978
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 My Life and Grimes
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Chandler provides insight into his life and career as both a merchant seaman and a writer. He also talks brielfy about his Rim World's character John Grimes and his desire to write an alternative history novel based on Ned Kelly.

Notes

  • Although this essay shares the same title and some similar concepts as another essay published in 1971, they should nevertheless be considered entirely different works.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Marcon XIII no. 45-47 March 1978 6005501 1978 periodical issue 1978
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Chicon IV September 6016905 1982 periodical issue 1982 pg. 10-11
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A. Bertram Chandler David Kelleher , David Kelleher , 2004- Z1779616 2004- website essay poetry interview review Contains biographical and bibliographical information, and also includes the full text of a range of poems, interviews, reviews, and articles. David Kelleher , 2004-
    Note: This transcription may contain errors that were not in Chandler's original publication.
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Related Works

My Life and Grimes A. Bertram Chandler , 1971 single work
— Appears in: Scythrop , April no. 22 1971; A. Bertram Chandler 2004-;

Chandler discusses several aspects of his career as a writer, including his early stories, the influence of the sea and Australia on his writing, his favourite character John Grimes and some of the problems he had with magazine publishers.
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Subjects:
  • Kelly Country A. Bertram Chandler , 1983 single work novel
  • The Rim Worlds A. Bertram Chandler , 1950 series - author short story novel novella
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