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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Ryn
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Clute and Nichols, in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, describe Ryn as the story of 'a sixty-two-year-old black Zimbabwean reincarnated, to his bafflement, as a white baby in the Brisbane of a reticently depicted Near-Future Australia'.

Notes

  • Note on t.p.verso: 'Published with the assistance of the Literature Board of the Australia Council.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Kilda, Caulfield - St Kilda area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Cory and Collins , 1982 .
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      Extent: 196p.
      Description: illus., port.
      ISBN: 0909117101, 9780909117108
      Series: y separately published work icon Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Series Paul Collins (editor), Cory and Collins (publisher), Void Publications (publisher), St Kilda : Cory and Collins , 1980-1984 Z1485016 1980 series - publisher novel science fiction fantasy Void Publications, under the ownership and editorial direction of Paul Collins, began publishing science fiction novels and anthologies in 1980 under the series title Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (ASF&F). The first release was Jack Wodhams' Looking For Blücher, followed by David J. Lake's The Fourth Hemisphere and Wynne Whiteford's first novel Breathing Space Only. All three nominated at the 1981 Ditmar Awards.

      In 1981 Collins formed a new publishing venture with artist Rowena Cory. The first title to be released by Cory and Collins was the anthology Distant Worlds (1981). While this title is also included within the ASF&F series, it is also the fourth volume within another Void/Cory and Collins' series called Worlds: Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy. This series effectively continued the Void: Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine which had released five issues between 1975 and 1977. The first three volumes from the World series were published prior to Collins establishing the Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and hence are not considered part of that collection. The two Worlds series volumes published after 1980s (Distant Worlds, 1981, and Frontier Worlds, 1983) are included within the ASF&F series.





      Number in series: 5

Works about this Work

The Foreigner's Guide to Australian SF Van Ikin , 1985 single work column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 7 no. 1 (Issue 19) 1985; (p. 23-25)
'Oz S.F.' Needs More Effort Colin Steele , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 October 1982; (p. 19)

— Review of Lances of Nengesdul Keith Taylor , 1982 single work novel ; Sapphire Road Wynne Whiteford , 1982 single work novel ; Ryn Jack Wodhams , 1982 single work novel
'Oz S.F.' Needs More Effort Colin Steele , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 October 1982; (p. 19)

— Review of Lances of Nengesdul Keith Taylor , 1982 single work novel ; Sapphire Road Wynne Whiteford , 1982 single work novel ; Ryn Jack Wodhams , 1982 single work novel
The Foreigner's Guide to Australian SF Van Ikin , 1985 single work column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 7 no. 1 (Issue 19) 1985; (p. 23-25)
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