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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 My Lady Tongue and Other Tales
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Marian Sussex

Contents

* Contents derived from the Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Heinemann , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Man Hanged Upside Down, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 1-37)
Quartet in D Minor Quartet in Death Minor, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 39-52)
Montage, Lucy Sussex , single work short story science fiction (p. 53-73)
My Lady Tongue, Lucy Sussex , single work short story science fiction (p. 75-133)
Red Ochre, Lucy Sussex , single work short story science fiction

Fogarty's Animal Show, mistaken for carriers of the DNA plague that turned humans and animals into 'Muties', runs into prejudice that has Murri employee Ian Limrock hospitalised in the Mutie reserve. Drawing analogs between lepers, Aboriginal persecution, and the Muties, Ian finds - or redefines - his roots.

(p. 135-165)
The Parish and Mrs Brown, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 167-178)
Go-To, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 179-211)
The Lipton Village Society, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 213-236)
God and Her Black Sense of Humour, Lucy Sussex , single work short story horror

'A feminist reporter finds two heroines in the form of vampire sisters who thrive on the creative juices of men (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.54).

(p. 237-280)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann , 1990 .
      Extent: 280p.
      Description: illus., port.
      ISBN: 0855613424, 0855613637 (pbk. : corrected)

Works about this Work

An Eidolon Interview with Lucy Sussex Steven Paulsen (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Autumn no. 24 1997; (p. 22-29)
Lucy Sussex discusses her approaches to writing SF and fantasy fiction.
The Codes of the World are Not Still Bronwen Levy , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 1 (Issue 34) 1993; (p. 20-24)

— Review of The Total Devotion Machine And Other Stories Rosaleen Love , 1989 selected work short story ; My Lady Tongue and Other Tales Lucy Sussex , 1990 selected work short story
Worldlust and Wild, Wild Womyn Russell Blackford , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 1 (Issue 34) 1993; (p. 15-18)

— Review of My Lady Tongue and Other Tales Lucy Sussex , 1990 selected work short story
The Real World of Fantasy Kate Veitch , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 3 no. 1 1991; (p. 28)

— Review of My Lady Tongue and Other Tales Lucy Sussex , 1990 selected work short story
Wide Horizons: Australian Science Fiction Brian Forte , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Editions , March-April no. 10 1991; (p. 13-14)

— Review of Rynosseros Terry Dowling , 1990 selected work short story ; Reaching Tin River Thea Astley , 1990 single work novel ; A Pursuit of Miracles : Eight Stories George Turner , 1990 selected work short story ; Salt Gabrielle Lord , 1990 single work novel ; My Lady Tongue and Other Tales Lucy Sussex , 1990 selected work short story
Worldlust and Wild, Wild Womyn Russell Blackford , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 1 (Issue 34) 1993; (p. 15-18)

— Review of My Lady Tongue and Other Tales Lucy Sussex , 1990 selected work short story
The Codes of the World are Not Still Bronwen Levy , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 1 (Issue 34) 1993; (p. 20-24)

— Review of The Total Devotion Machine And Other Stories Rosaleen Love , 1989 selected work short story ; My Lady Tongue and Other Tales Lucy Sussex , 1990 selected work short story
Stylish Speculation Jeri Kroll , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 1990; (p. 77-80)

— Review of My Lady Tongue and Other Tales Lucy Sussex , 1990 selected work short story
Diverse Visions of Australia's Future Colin Steele , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 September 1990; (p. B10)

— Review of Rynosseros Terry Dowling , 1990 selected work short story ; My Lady Tongue and Other Tales Lucy Sussex , 1990 selected work short story ; Salt Gabrielle Lord , 1990 single work novel
Wide Horizons: Australian Science Fiction Brian Forte , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Editions , March-April no. 10 1991; (p. 13-14)

— Review of Rynosseros Terry Dowling , 1990 selected work short story ; Reaching Tin River Thea Astley , 1990 single work novel ; A Pursuit of Miracles : Eight Stories George Turner , 1990 selected work short story ; Salt Gabrielle Lord , 1990 single work novel ; My Lady Tongue and Other Tales Lucy Sussex , 1990 selected work short story
An Eidolon Interview with Lucy Sussex Steven Paulsen (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Autumn no. 24 1997; (p. 22-29)
Lucy Sussex discusses her approaches to writing SF and fantasy fiction.
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