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'Jenny's slightly mixed-up adolescent life is disturbed greatly by a phone call from 1965! Questions of time and alternate realities are the result'. Source: bookseller's website.
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The Fiction of the Future : Australian Science Fiction
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 128-140) 'According to Russell Blackford 'commercial science fiction is the most international of literary forms.' He observes that 'Australian SF continues to flourish, even if it trails heroic fantasy in mass-market appeal.' Australian SF writers although published internationally, with a dedicated fan followings in USA, UK and Europe, were overlooked for a very long time by Australian multinational publishers. The international editions had to be imported and were then distributed in Australia (Congreve and Marquardt 8). Blackford in his chapter throws light on the history of Australian SF and observes how Australian SF writers, with their concern for the future, achieved a powerful synthesis in form and content. The progress of Australian SF, maturity of style in the work of younger writers, and massive worldwide sales make Blackford optimistic as he asserts that 'the best Australian writers in the genre will be prominent players on the world stage.' (Editor's foreword xii-xiii) -
Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 57)
— Review of The Dark Edge 1997 single work novel ; Zones 1997 single work novel ; Under the Cat's Eye 1997 single work novel - y Hyperdreams: Damien Broderick's Space/ Time Fiction New Lambton : Nimrod Publications , 1998 Z422966 1998 single work criticism
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[Review] Zones
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 12 no. 3 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Zones 1997 single work novel -
[Review] Zones
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 32)
— Review of Zones 1997 single work novel
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Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 41 no. 3 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Zones 1997 single work novel -
[Review] Zones
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 32)
— Review of Zones 1997 single work novel -
[Review] Zones
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 12 no. 3 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Zones 1997 single work novel -
Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 57)
— Review of The Dark Edge 1997 single work novel ; Zones 1997 single work novel ; Under the Cat's Eye 1997 single work novel -
Defining What Humanity Is
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 21 December 1997; (p. 22)
— Review of Diaspora 1997 single work novel ; Zones 1997 single work novel ; Time Marches Off : 2000 Years from Now 1942 single work novel -
The Fiction of the Future : Australian Science Fiction
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 128-140) 'According to Russell Blackford 'commercial science fiction is the most international of literary forms.' He observes that 'Australian SF continues to flourish, even if it trails heroic fantasy in mass-market appeal.' Australian SF writers although published internationally, with a dedicated fan followings in USA, UK and Europe, were overlooked for a very long time by Australian multinational publishers. The international editions had to be imported and were then distributed in Australia (Congreve and Marquardt 8). Blackford in his chapter throws light on the history of Australian SF and observes how Australian SF writers, with their concern for the future, achieved a powerful synthesis in form and content. The progress of Australian SF, maturity of style in the work of younger writers, and massive worldwide sales make Blackford optimistic as he asserts that 'the best Australian writers in the genre will be prominent players on the world stage.' (Editor's foreword xii-xiii) - y Hyperdreams: Damien Broderick's Space/ Time Fiction New Lambton : Nimrod Publications , 1998 Z422966 1998 single work criticism
Awards
- 1997 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Best Novel
- 1997 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Best Young Adult Novel
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