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'Snowdome is a tale of two histories. It is the present. Tinnitus is the spirit of the age. William comes home, flicks the radio on, turns it up. His head is full of noise.' William and his friends live in Sydney, a mumbling city. They think about the future, and thinking hurts.
'It is the future. Sydney has been emptied out by economic forces and re-opened as a museum. The museum guide's task is to describe the city's history to tourists. He can no longer tell is that history is true or if he has made it up. He hears the firmness in his voice on the cassette tapes and he keeps his doubts to himself.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Tinnitus is metaphorical rather than physiological in the novel.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Globalism and Its Discontents
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Departures : How Australia Reinvents Itself 2002; (p. 258-268, notes 301-302) The article discusses economic and sociological aspects of 'globalisation' and their representation in social commentary books, and also looks at recent Australian literary texts (particularly novels) which have addressed such issues. -
An Interview with Bernard Cohen : Questions from Van Ikin
Van Ikin
(interviewer),
2001
single work
interview
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 16 no. 1 (Issue 43) 2001; (p. 49-52) -
Survival Story
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 1999; (p. 10) -
The Best of Young Australian Novelists 1999 : Bernard Cohen
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 May 1999; (p. 8) -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Animist , July 1 vol. 2 no. 1998;
— Review of Snowdome 1998 single work novel
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Sober Visions of a Cold, Hard Future
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 March 1998; (p. 23)
— Review of Three Dollars 1998 single work novel ; Snowdome 1998 single work novel -
Chasms to Bridge
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 1998; (p. 28)
— Review of Lulu : A Romance 1998 single work novel ; Snowdome 1998 single work novel -
There's No Home Like Snowdome (Sing It, Sydney!)
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 March 1998; (p. 10)
— Review of Lulu : A Romance 1998 single work novel ; Snowdome 1998 single work novel ; On the Goddess Rock 1998 single work novel -
Fiction
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 March 1998; (p. 14)
— Review of Snowdome 1998 single work novel -
Future Shock
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 April 1998; (p. 7)
— Review of Snowdome 1998 single work novel -
An Interview with Bernard Cohen : Questions from Van Ikin
Van Ikin
(interviewer),
2001
single work
interview
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 16 no. 1 (Issue 43) 2001; (p. 49-52) -
The Best of Young Australian Novelists 1999 : Bernard Cohen
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 May 1999; (p. 8) -
Survival Story
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 1999; (p. 10) -
Urban Writes
1998
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 April 1998; (p. 23) -
Globalism and Its Discontents
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Departures : How Australia Reinvents Itself 2002; (p. 258-268, notes 301-302) The article discusses economic and sociological aspects of 'globalisation' and their representation in social commentary books, and also looks at recent Australian literary texts (particularly novels) which have addressed such issues.
Awards
- 1999 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
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