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y separately published work icon Yesterday's Men single work   novel   science fiction  
Is part of The Ethical Culture Series George Turner , 1978 series - author novel (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Yesterday's Men
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'On a futuristic Earth where the repressive leaders of the Ethical Culture attempt to control the aggressive instincts of the human race, part-Cyborg Peter Corrigan becomes a part of a secret government experiment.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Avon reprint).

Notes

  • Dedication: For Kay and Carl Routledge who kept on believing
  • Epigraph: 'Oh, it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away"; / But it's "Thank you, Mr Atkins", when the band begins to play.' --- Rudyard Kipling, Tommy
  • Epigraph: 'It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are.' --- T.S. Eliot, Religion and Literature

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Faber ,       1983 .
      Extent: 223p.
      ISBN: 0571118577
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sphere ,       1984 .
      image of person or book cover 1664830058347625934.jpg
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      Extent: 223p.
      ISBN: 0722186444 (pbk)
      Series: Sphere Science Fiction Sphere (publisher), series - publisher
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Avon Books ,       1996 .
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      ISBN: 0380778866
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Orion ,       2019 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 17 January 2019.
      ISBN: 9781473225138
      Series: y separately published work icon Gateway London : Orion , 2011- 19458199 2011 series - publisher novel science fiction

      Inaugurated by Orion in 2011, Gateway originally republished significant works of science fiction. By 2015, it had a catalogue of nearly three thousand titles, by over two hundred authors. Latterly, it has extended its catalogue to classic works of fantasy, horror, and crime, as well as science fiction.

      It is a companion series to SF Masterworks.

      Only works on the list by Australian authors are included on AustLit.

      Sources include https://www.thebookseller.com/news/more-hachette-authors-join-gateway.
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Works about this Work

Untitled R. Cooper , single work review
— Review of Yesterday's Men George Turner , 1983 single work novel
Morals, Ethics, and Viewpoints George Turner , Yvonne Rousseau , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 52-69)
Dreadful Suspicions : On the 'Ethical Culture' Trilogy of George Turner : Beloved Son, Vaneglory, and Yesterday's Men Yvonne Rousseau , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 43-51)
George Turner : One of Australia's Best Kept Secrets Judith Raphael Buckrich , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 133 1993; (p. 24-30)
Those Heady Days of `69 Revisited Van Ikin , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 June 1985; (p. 45)
— Review of Yesterday's Men George Turner , 1983 single work novel ; SF Commentary Reprint Edition : First Year 1969 Bruce Gillespie , 1985 selected work criticism
Untitled Damien Broderick , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 February 1983; (p. 11)
— Review of Yesterday's Men George Turner , 1983 single work novel
Untitled Paul Byrnes , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 April 1983; (p. 36)
— Review of Yesterday's Men George Turner , 1983 single work novel
Untitled R. Cooper , single work review
— Review of Yesterday's Men George Turner , 1983 single work novel
Untitled Bruce Gillespie , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 5 no. 3 (Issue 15) 1983; (p. 109)
— Review of Yesterday's Men George Turner , 1983 single work novel
Untitled B. Hunter , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 February 1983; (p. 26)
— Review of Yesterday's Men George Turner , 1983 single work novel
Dreadful Suspicions : On the 'Ethical Culture' Trilogy of George Turner : Beloved Son, Vaneglory, and Yesterday's Men Yvonne Rousseau , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 43-51)
Morals, Ethics, and Viewpoints George Turner , Yvonne Rousseau , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 52-69)
George Turner : One of Australia's Best Kept Secrets Judith Raphael Buckrich , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 133 1993; (p. 24-30)
In the Painful Presence of George Turner Damien Broderick , 1983 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 5 February 1983; (p. 11)
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