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y separately published work icon Out of the Silence : A Romance single work   novel   science fiction   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1919... 1919 Out of the Silence : A Romance
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First known date: 1919
Serialised by: The Argus 1848-1957 newspaper (490 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in The Argus in 28 weekly instalments (every Saturday) between 19 April and 25 Oct 1919.
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       John Hamilton ,       1927 .
      Extent: 319, 32p.p.
      Edition info: A Sundial Edition
      Note/s:
      • Last 32 p. of publisher's advertisement
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Rae D. Henkle ,       1928 .
      Extent: 310p.
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Robertson and Mullens , 1932 .
      person or book cover
      Extent: 320p.
      Edition info: 4th ed.
      Note/s:
      • Contains 'Author's Note to the Fourth Edition', Melbourne, June 1932.
    • Mount Waverley, Ashwood - Mulgrave area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Chimaera Publications , 2010 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: iv, 278 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by Van Ikin.
      ISBN: 9780975214381 (pbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon Classic Australian SF Mount Waverley : Chimaera Publications , 2010 Z1755255 2010 series - publisher novel science fiction In these novels of speculative fiction, with new introductions from some of Australia's most notable writers and critics, Chimaera Publications has unearthed and reanimated a series of forgotten classics. Ranging from the 1880s to the 1930s, this selection shows the vital contribution that speculative fiction plays in Australia's literary history - an influence that continues until the present day. (Publisher blurb) Number in series: 6
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Lost Worlds Australia : Early Australian Science Fiction Lost Worlds Australia : 13 Classic Tales; Lost Worlds Australia : 16 Classic Tales London : Roh Press , 2018 15827253 2018 anthology short story science fiction

    'There has been a lot of speculative fiction written about Australia, even before colonization. The first ‘home-grown’ lost civilization story set in Australia was Oo-A-Deen, or, The Mysteries of the Interior Unveiled, published by an unknown author in the Corio Chronicle and Western Districts Advertiser, in 1847. It tells the story of an explorer who discovers a lost utopian society and falls in love with the daughter of the High Priest. With the rise in popularity of the genre thanks to such novels as Haggard’s She and King Solomon’s Mines many imitators soon followed. Thanks to the imagination of many a writer, the unexplored Australian Outback was soon populated by Atlantaeans, Lemurians, Toltecs, Classical Greeks, Ant Men, Bat People, and even the descendants of Alexander the Great’s mighty army.

    'This Early Australian Science Fiction anthology is a collection of 13 tales considered to be among the most influential Australian works in the lost world genre. They are the works most referred to by researchers and academics when they evaluate Australian colonial science fiction. Some have been made available for Kindle for the very first time and are exclusive to ROH Press.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb (2018 ed.)

         London : Roh Press , 2018
Language: French
Notes:
In regards to the additional inclusion of the 'Prologue', the Hyperion (paperback) edition states: 'The first edition of Out of the Silence omitted a chapter from the original manuscript that at the time...was deemed too strong for publication.'
Alternative title: Pod zlatnim svodom : roman
Language: Serbian
    • Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro,
      c
      Ex Yugoslavia,
      c
      Eastern Europe, Europe,      :       Tehnicka knjiga ,       1953 .
      Extent: 152p.
      Description: illus.
Alternative title: La sphere d'or : roman
Language: French
Notes:
This translation republished by different publishers 1987 and 2008
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       10-18 ,       1974 .
      Extent: 2 v. (313 p., 309 p.)p.
      Reprinted: 1987 , 2008
Notes:
  • 'Capricorn Publishing's 2006 revised edition, authorized by the Cox estate, returns the major cuts made in the original 1919 text in the Robertson and Mullens 1947 and later editions, thus becoming the first complete edition of Out of the Silence ever published!' (fly leaf)
First known date: 1919
Serialised by: The Argus 1848-1957 newspaper (490 issues)
Notes:
First published in serialised format in The Argus, 19 April - 25 October 1919. The Prologue was not included in the serialisation of the work. The University of Western Australia holds a bound copy of the serialised novel.
Link: First instalment Sighted: 22/09/2016
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Lost Worlds Australia : Early Australian Science Fiction Lost Worlds Australia : 13 Classic Tales; Lost Worlds Australia : 16 Classic Tales London : Roh Press , 2018 15827253 2018 anthology short story science fiction

    'There has been a lot of speculative fiction written about Australia, even before colonization. The first ‘home-grown’ lost civilization story set in Australia was Oo-A-Deen, or, The Mysteries of the Interior Unveiled, published by an unknown author in the Corio Chronicle and Western Districts Advertiser, in 1847. It tells the story of an explorer who discovers a lost utopian society and falls in love with the daughter of the High Priest. With the rise in popularity of the genre thanks to such novels as Haggard’s She and King Solomon’s Mines many imitators soon followed. Thanks to the imagination of many a writer, the unexplored Australian Outback was soon populated by Atlantaeans, Lemurians, Toltecs, Classical Greeks, Ant Men, Bat People, and even the descendants of Alexander the Great’s mighty army.

    'This Early Australian Science Fiction anthology is a collection of 13 tales considered to be among the most influential Australian works in the lost world genre. They are the works most referred to by researchers and academics when they evaluate Australian colonial science fiction. Some have been made available for Kindle for the very first time and are exclusive to ROH Press.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb (2018 ed.)

         London : Roh Press , 2019
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Settings:
  • Victoria,
  • Bush,
  • 1913
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