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After a deadly nuclear war, the American city of Kennedy walled itself away from the decline of the USA. Determined to continue as a functioning metropolis, Kennedy strictly patrolled its boundaries and struggled to maintain the semblance of a modern city. (Publisher's blurb).
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Epigraph: Each culture casts its own shadow, a shadow which is a perfect description of its own form and nature. The shadow which our technological civilisation casts is that of Lilith, the 'maid of desolation' who dances in the ruins of cities. Now that we have made a single polluted city of the entire world, she is preparing to dance in the ruins of our planetary megalopolis.' William Irwin Thompson The Time falling Bodies Take to Light
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Dedication: In memoriam Harold Alwin Schiller 1903-1983 David John Williams 1942-1995
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10 ‘Lost’ Australian Literary Treasures You Should Read – and Can Soon Borrow from Any Library
2020
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[Review] Map of Power [and] Metal Fatigue
1997
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— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 14 no. 1 (Issue 39) 1997; (p. 29-33)
— Review of Map of Power 1996 single work novel ; Metal Fatigue 1996 single work novel -
[Review] Doorway to Eternity [and] Metal Fatigue
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 14 no. 1 (Issue 39) 1997; (p. 26-29)
— Review of Doorway to Eternity 1994 selected work novella ; Metal Fatigue 1996 single work novel -
Collapsing the State Vectors : An Interview with Sean Williams
Van Ikin
(interviewer),
1997
single work
interview
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 14 no. 1 (Issue 39) 1997; (p. 3-12) -
Williams and Williams, the Way of the Future
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 March 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of Metal Fatigue 1996 single work novel ; Map of Power 1996 single work novel
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[Review] Doorway to Eternity [and] Metal Fatigue
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 14 no. 1 (Issue 39) 1997; (p. 26-29)
— Review of Doorway to Eternity 1994 selected work novella ; Metal Fatigue 1996 single work novel -
[Review] Map of Power [and] Metal Fatigue
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 14 no. 1 (Issue 39) 1997; (p. 29-33)
— Review of Map of Power 1996 single work novel ; Metal Fatigue 1996 single work novel -
A Valuable History of Horror
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 November 1996; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Metal Fatigue 1996 single work novel ; Map of Power 1996 single work novel ; Bonescribes : The Year's Best Australian Horror 1995 1996 anthology short story -
Williams and Williams, the Way of the Future
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 March 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of Metal Fatigue 1996 single work novel ; Map of Power 1996 single work novel -
[Review] Metal Fatigue
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 18 1996; (p. 74-75)
— Review of Metal Fatigue 1996 single work novel -
Collapsing the State Vectors : An Interview with Sean Williams
Van Ikin
(interviewer),
1997
single work
interview
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 14 no. 1 (Issue 39) 1997; (p. 3-12) -
An Eidolon Interview with Louise Thurtell
Steven Paulsen
(interviewer),
1996
single work
interview
— Appears in: Eidolon : The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy , Autumn no. 21 1996; (p. 36-41) Louise Thurtell discusses the publishing processes involved with works by Australian writers of science, speculative and fantasy fiction. -
Write Path to Success
1996
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column
biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 July 1996; (p. 11) -
10 ‘Lost’ Australian Literary Treasures You Should Read – and Can Soon Borrow from Any Library
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 November 2020;
Awards
- 1997 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
- 1996 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Best Novel
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