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'David Chance, the unknowing offspring of a long-forgotten experiment that produced genetically engineered child geniuses, learns terrible secrets about his own conception and discovers the horrifying course that human history is taking.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: Dedication: For The Nova Mob (Melbourne Chapter)
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Epigraph: 'A character, to be acceptable as more than a chess piece, has to be ignorant of the future, unsure about the past, and not at all sure of what he's supposed to be doing.'
Anthony Burgess (Times Literary Supplement, reviewing Lucy Maddox's Nabokov's Novels in English) -
Epigraph: He may be all of those things and yet remain a chess piece - a pawn - tactically useful but, in a pinch, expendable.
G.T.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Judith Buckrich in Conversation with George Turner
Judith Raphael Buckrich
(interviewer),
1995
single work
interview
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Summer no. 16 1995; (p. 43-55) SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , no. 76 2000; (p. 114-119) George Turner discusses his literary themes and writing methods. -
Window on the Genetic Nursery
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 1992; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Brain Child 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 10 1992; (p. 77-78)
— Review of Brain Child 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 2 June 1991; (p. 38)
— Review of Brain Child 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Washington Post Book World , May 1991; (p. 6)
— Review of Brain Child 1991 single work novel
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Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Washington Post Book World , May 1991; (p. 6)
— Review of Brain Child 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 2 June 1991; (p. 38)
— Review of Brain Child 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 10 1992; (p. 77-78)
— Review of Brain Child 1991 single work novel -
Window on the Genetic Nursery
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 1992; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Brain Child 1991 single work novel -
Judith Buckrich in Conversation with George Turner
Judith Raphael Buckrich
(interviewer),
1995
single work
interview
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Summer no. 16 1995; (p. 43-55) SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , no. 76 2000; (p. 114-119) George Turner discusses his literary themes and writing methods.
Awards
- 1992 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
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