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'Two ladies, Gwendoline Byrne and her friend, Cecile, are growing up and trying to determine what their roles in life will be. Cecile favors the traditional roles and education that are given to her, but Gwendoline dreams of adventures in the clouds.'
Source: Wired review (https://www.wired.com/2011/11/steam-shorts-steampunk-an-anthology-of-fantastically-rich-and-strange-stories/). (Sighted: 13/01/2017)
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Steampunk Note: This story is included in an anthology of steampunk fiction. Set in colonial Australia, it focuses on gender roles and ambitions of flight. In this instance, dirigibles are the primary mode of flight, but one of the protagonists has dreams that heavier-than-air flight is possible (thus bringing non-steampunk technology into a steampunk world, rather than vice versa).
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- 2011 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Best Short Story
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