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Chemical Palace is a journey into the heart of Sydney's queer dance party culture. (Cover)
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Dedication: For the Sodom Circus and their co-whores.
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Epigraph: 'In song and dance man expresses himself as a member of a higher community, he has forgotten how to walk and how to speak and is on the way towards flying into the air, dancing. His very gestures express enchantment. Just as the animals now talk, and the earth yields milk and honey, supernatural sounds emanate from him, too: he feels himself a god, he hinself now walks about enchanted, in ecstasy, like the gods he saw walking in his dreams. He is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art: in these paroxysms of intoxication the artistic power of all nature reveals itself to the highest gratification of the primordial unity.' - Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy.
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Epigraph: ' It is interesting to find that Sydney is a corruption of St Denis .... St Denis was that saint who converted the pagan Gauls to Christianity ... However, the name Denis is yet another corruption of the Martyr's original Athenian name, Dionysius. Thus we may say that Sydney's patron is Dionysius which, in view of the blithe and irrepressible character of the city as it has developed, is gratifyingly suitable.' - Ruth Park, A Companion Guide to Sydney.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Minor Literature, Microculture: Fiona McGregor's Chemical Palace
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 64 no. 3 2004; (p. 140-153) -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , January no. 12 2003;
— Review of Chemical Palace 2002 single work novel -
Bringing Down the House
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 14 no. 2 2002;
— Review of Chemical Palace 2002 single work novel -
Swirling Canvas, Shifting Skies
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 November 2002; (p. 13)
— Review of Under a Tin-Grey Sari 2002 single work novel ; Chemical Palace 2002 single work novel ; Charlotte Badger : Buccaneer 2002 single work biography -
A World at the Edge of the Fringe
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 October 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of Chemical Palace 2002 single work novel
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Bringing Down the House
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 14 no. 2 2002;
— Review of Chemical Palace 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , January no. 12 2003;
— Review of Chemical Palace 2002 single work novel -
Dance the Life Away
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 September (p. 12)
— Review of Chemical Palace 2002 single work novel -
Queer as Fun
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 October vol. 120 no. 6345 2002; (p. 74)
— Review of Chemical Palace 2002 single work novel -
A World at the Edge of the Fringe
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 October 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of Chemical Palace 2002 single work novel -
Minor Literature, Microculture: Fiona McGregor's Chemical Palace
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 64 no. 3 2004; (p. 140-153)
Awards
Last amended 24 May 2006 16:27:14
Settings:
- Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
- South Sydney area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1990s
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