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A novel and series of short stories featuring Rick Kennett's protagonist Cy De Gerch, a Martian woman designed to interface with the weapons systems on a spacecraft and operate as a trained killer for the Martian state.
At least one of Kennett's stories explores Cy's relationship with another woman.
Notes
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In publication order, the Cy De Gerch stories are:
- A Warrior's Star (1982)
- 'The Battle of Leila the Dog' (1991)
- 'The Road to Utopia Plain' (1994)
- 'The View from Stickney Crater' (1997)
- 'Timelines' (2000)
- 'Legends of Mars' (2002)
- 'Now Cydonia' (2007)
- 'Thirty Minutes for New Hell' (2012)
- 'The Carmel B Crazies' (originally audio only) (2013)
- Presumed Dead (2016)
- Thirty Minutes for New Hell (collection) (2016): contains the new stories 'In a Phobos Garden' and 'The Artifacts', as well as the first non-audio publication of 'The Carmel B Crazies'.
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y
Presumed Dead
Australia
:
Rick Kennett
,
2016
10874940
2016
single work
novel
science fiction
'Being genetically engineered as an integral part of a starship's weaponry system for the Martian Star Corps is something Lieutenant Cy De Gerch deeply resents. When a failed war game leaves her marooned on an uninhabited planet with a monster intent on destroying her, Cy sees this as an opportunity to desert the Corps with an almost clear conscience. The ghosts of two former lovers, one male, one female, and an alien spider cross-dressing as a lobster have other ideas.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- y Thirty Minutes for New Hell Australia : Rick Kennett , 2016 10875041 2016 selected work short story science fiction
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In a Phobos Garden
2016
single work
short story
science fiction
— Appears in: Thirty Minutes for New Hell 2016; (p. 7-10) -
The Carmel B Crazies
2016
single work
short story
science fiction
— Appears in: Thirty Minutes for New Hell 2016; (p. 24-33) -
The Artifacts
2016
single work
short story
science fiction
— Appears in: Thirty Minutes for New Hell 2016; (p. 85-88) -
Legends of Mars
2002
single work
children's fiction
children's
science fiction
— Appears in: The Red Planet 2002; (p. 5-18)'During her space schooling on Mars, 12 year old Cy De Gerch crash lands into a gigantic dust storm. Lost and with her re-breather unit broken, she finds help coming from an unexpected quarter.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 23/6/2014)
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The Battle of Leila the Dog
1991
single work
short story
science fiction
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Winter no. 5 1991; (p. 70-81) The Lottery : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994; (p. 31-48) Thirty Minutes for New Hell 2016; (p. 34-44)'Cy De Gerch, the 17 year old executive officer of the Martian frigate Utopia Plain, is haunted by a spectral dog during a space battle.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
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A Warrior's Star
Caulfield South
:
Rick Kennett
Alternative Productions
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1982
Z1206591
1982
single work
novel
science fiction
'Captain Brown of the Martian starcruiser 109 faced two problems at the Battle of Bellatrix.
'One was Ninta, a crippled Xenoid battlecruiser lying in ambush for the Rigel convoy.
'The other was Cyleen De Gerch, his new second-in-command. She was headstrong, inexperienced, and the product of a military genetics experiment.
'She was also barely sixteen years old.'
Source: Back cover blurb.
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The View from Stickney Crater
1996
single work
short story
science fiction
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 18 1996; (p. 61-70) Thirty Minutes for New Hell 2016; (p. 64-73)'The Utopia Plain is assigned to destroy a damaged troop ship before it can fall into enemy hands. However, Cy is physically unable to fire on it when she mentally hears the voice of an ex-boyfriend trapped aboard.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
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Thirty Minutes for New Hell
2012
single work
short story
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , March no. 48 2012; Thirty Minutes for New Hell 2016; (p. 89-108) -
The Road to Utopia Plain
1994
single work
short story
science fiction
fantasy
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Winter no. 15 1994; (p. 68-87) Beyond : Science Fiction and Fantasy , April 1995; (p. 23-24) Thirty Minutes for New Hell 2016; (p. 45-63)'After a freak occurrence in subspace as they return home to Mars, the crew of the Utopia Plain find all is not as it should be. The Captain’s wife has died in an epidemic that never was; and Cy’s lover, Jos Manxman, though killed in a training accident two years before, is alive and planning a hike into the Martian desert.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
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Timelines
2000
single work
short story
science fiction
— Appears in: Orb : Speculative Fiction , no. 1 2000; (p. 94-109) Thirty Minutes for New Hell 2016; (p. 74-84)'The Utopia Plain encounters the Earth survey ship St Petersburg orbiting a supposedly lifeless planet. Aboard are a parrot and a new-born baby.'
Source: Author's website.
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Now Cydonia
2006
single work
short story
science fiction
— Appears in: Orb : Speculative Fiction , no. 7 2006; Thirty Minutes for New Hell 2016; (p. 11-23)