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y separately published work icon The Qualia Engine : Science Fiction Stories selected work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Qualia Engine : Science Fiction Stories
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Blacksburg, Virginia,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:Fantastic Books , 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Infinite Monkey, Damien Broderick , single work short story science fiction (p. 10-20)
Schrodinger's Dog, Damien Broderick , single work radio play science fiction

'The multiverse has many faces. Daniel Ng was a child refugee from the horrors of the Vietnam war. Now he's built a machine that flings him into many alternative worlds. But he has a disease that's fast killing him.'

Source: Gaia to Galaxy.

 (p. 21-49)
A Tooth for Every Child, Damien Broderick , single work short story science fiction (p. 50-68)
The Qualia Engine, Damien Broderick , single work short story science fiction (p. 69-95)
Thy Sting, Damien Broderick , single work short story science fiction (p. 96-100)
The Meek, Damien Broderick , single work short story science fiction (p. 101-106)
Requiem in Heaven, Damien Broderick , single work short story science fiction (p. 107-112)
This Wind Blowing, and This Tide, Damien Broderick , single work short story science fiction

An ancient spaceship, inexplicably sealed in some sort of bubble and covered with living flowers, is dicovered on Titan by a clairvoyant named Sensei Park. He has had images of this very discovery since he was young and is subsequently called to Saturn’s moon to assist the military in trying to make sense of it all.

 (p. 113-130)
Flowers of Asphodel, Damien Broderick , single work short story science fiction (p. 131-152)
A Passage in Earth, Damien Broderick , single work short story science fiction
'The story is told from the point of view of a bisexual spaceship which spawns a "virgin" to bring the messiah to a warring humanity exemplified by twin tyrants who struggle for supremacy in a baroque setting'. Source: 'Forms of Power in Recent Australian Science Fiction'.
(p. 153-163)
The Ruined Queen of Harvest World, Damien Broderick , single work novella fantasy (p. 164-187)
Billennium, Damien Broderick , single work short story (p. 188-194)
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