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* Contents derived from the
Norwood,
Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area,
Adelaide - North / North East,
Adelaide,
South Australia,:Omnibus Books
, 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Patternmaker,
single work
short story
science fiction
Advances in technology threaten to make human labour and expertise in a pattern-making business obsolete. The business owner despairs until he discovers that the robots can also produce something unexpected.
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Home Free,
single work
short story
science fiction
humour
Earth has been converted into a gigantic factory where humans work as slaves for the alien Balnibarbie. However a small group of human rebels have plans for a different future.
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Steering the Waters,
single work
short story
science fiction
Melbourne is now mostly underwater due to polar ice-melt, and the rich genetically engineer their children to match their ideas of perfection. One such child is the adolescent narrator, however when he falls in love he begins to question notions of perfection and control.
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Jinx Ship,
single work
short story
science fiction
The crew fear for their lives when their sentient spaceship begins to malfunction. However Mahon's memory of his own childhood helps him to understand the ship's behaviour.
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One Last Zoom at the Buzz Bar,
single work
short story
science fiction
Joss is devastated when she is kicked out of the Academy for Neo-Historical Studies. She travels back in time in an attempt to change the past, but what she encounters there almost costs her life.
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The Walk,
single work
short story
science fiction
A hacker attempts to bribe his would-be assassin to spare him. However it is not money or sex that the assassin desires.
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Falling,
single work
short story
science fiction
As a fifteen year old boy struggles to understand why he keeps being sent back in time to re-live the same day, an alien formulates his plan to take control of humanity.
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The Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil,
single work
short story
science fiction
Set in the future, when humans survive by scavenging metals from landfill. A man and boy discover how to make a citrus tree grow in this desolate wasteland, but their dreams of organic renewal are soon dashed.
- Go Down, Moses, single work drama
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 31-32)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story ; The Lottery : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 anthology short story -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 13 no. 1 (Issue 37) 1996; (p. 31-33)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story ; The Lottery 1994 single work short story -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; (p. 35)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 9 no. 5 1994; (p. 33-34)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 38 no. 3 1994; (p. 39)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story
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Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 38 no. 3 1994; (p. 39)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 13 no. 1 (Issue 37) 1996; (p. 31-33)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story ; The Lottery 1994 single work short story -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 9 no. 5 1994; (p. 33-34)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story -
Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 31-32)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story ; The Lottery : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 anthology short story -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; (p. 35)
— Review of The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories 1994 selected work short story
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