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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Brenda Strahan, who was always there, the strength at the centre of everything, with love and thanks.
  • Includes brief biographical notes on the authors.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:HarperCollins Australia , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Jonathan Strahan , Jeremy G. Byrne , single work criticism (p. xi-xx)
Reasons to be Cheerful, Greg Egan , single work short story science fiction (p. 2-49)
Nicholas Afalling, Jodie Kewley , single work short story science fiction fantasy (p. 52-66)
Jenny Come to Play, Terry Dowling , single work short story science fiction horror (p. 69-115)
Niagara Falling, Janeen Webb , Jack Dann , single work short story science fiction (p. 119-153)
Teratology, Chris Gregory , single work short story science fiction (p. 156-166)
Love and Mandarins, Sean Williams , Shaun Tan (illustrator), single work short story science fiction (p. 171-212)
Merlusine, Lucy Sussex , single work short story fantasy science fiction (p. 216-253)
Due West, Rick Kennett , single work short story science fiction fantasy

'Set in 1935. A retired history teacher, Arthur Lewisham, has retreated to the Queensland outback to write a book on the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. Unknown to him, his house has been built on the site of a ritual triple murder committed 37 years before, and where a commonplace action one day re-awakens dormant magic.'

Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)

(p. 257-293)
Schrödinger's Catalyst, Stephen Dedman , single work short story science fiction
A physicist cannot remember what he did for a whole day
(p. 299-315)
The Art of Dying, Kirsten Bishop , single work short story science fiction (p. 318-338)
The Masque of Agamemnon, Sean Williams , Simon Brown , single work short story fantasy science fiction (p. 343-380)
Death at the Blue Elephant, Janeen Webb , single work short story fantasy (p. 384-398)
Lucent Carbon, Russell Blackford , single work short story science fiction fantasy (p. 403-439)

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Works about this Work

Scanners Bruce Gillespie , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 61-62)

— Review of The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 1998 anthology short story
Untitled Bill Congreve , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 22 1999; (p. 97)

— Review of The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 1998 anthology short story
Books Books Books Bruce Gillespie , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Scratch Pad 28 , June 1998; (p. 7)

— Review of The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 1998 anthology short story
The Year of the Teratologists Richard Harland , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 15 no. 1 (Issue 41) 1998; (p. 45-48)

— Review of The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 1998 anthology short story
The Year of the Teratologists Richard Harland , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 15 no. 1 (Issue 41) 1998; (p. 45-48)

— Review of The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 1998 anthology short story
Scanners Bruce Gillespie , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 61-62)

— Review of The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 1998 anthology short story
Books Books Books Bruce Gillespie , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Scratch Pad 28 , June 1998; (p. 7)

— Review of The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 1998 anthology short story
Untitled Bill Congreve , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 22 1999; (p. 97)

— Review of The Year's Best : Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 1998 anthology short story
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