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Agog! Terrific Tales : New Australian Speculative Fiction
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fantasy
horror
science fiction
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2003
Agog! Terrific Tales : New Australian Speculative Fiction
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This edition of the Agog! anthology series comrises stories by Australian authors Lee Battersby, Deborah Biancotti, Leigh Blackmore, Simon Brown, Adam Browne, Jack Dann, Marianne de Pierres, Brendan Duffy, Dirk Flinthart, Robert Hood, Sue Isle, Chris Lawson, Martin Livings, Kate Orman, Tracey Rolfe, Lucy Sussex, Kyla Ward, Kaaron Warren, Janeen Webb, Scott Westerfeld, and Sean Williams.
Notes
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Subject indexing pending.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Agog! Press
, 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Kijin Tea, single work short story horror (p. 7-16)
- Waiting at Golgotha, single work short story horror (p. 17-33)
- Runaway, single work short story science fiction (p. 33-48)
- Moonflowers at the Ritz, single work short story science fiction (p. 49-57)
- Louder Echo, single work novella science fiction fantasy (p. 57-79)
- Lacey's Fingerprints, single work short story science fiction (p. 80-97)
- In the Days of the Red Animals, single work short story science fiction (p. 98-108)
- JAM Jars, single work short story (p. 106-120)
- Bone-Dog, single work short story horror (p. 124-130)
- Sigmund Freud and the Feral Freeway, single work novella science fiction (p. 131-151)
- Uncharted, single work short story science fiction (p. 152-170)
-
Exterminator Rex,
single work
short story
horror
'Tonight I speak of Biowulf. Famed was this Biowulf - one of a kind, mighty exterminator of pests. Close your eyes and see him: kill-ready, death0suited, warrior-proud, his demolition derby firmly atop his head as he fared forth in his viral nightmobile, on errand for the Metropolitan Board of Works, Municipal AdminDistrict B' (Browne, 168).
- Storm in a Chandelier, single work short story fantasy (p. 176-188)
- Witness of Blood, single work short story horror (p. 189-204)
-
The Big One,
single work
short story
science fiction
'Pondering the end of our world, Dirk Flinthart introduces a group of extreme sports fanatics that are not nearly as unbelievable as we wish they were. See if the behaviour in "The Big One" really seems so absurd when compared to what fills the TV schedule these days' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
-
Tigershow,
single work
short story
horror
'Violence and madness simmer just under the surface of poor Robert in "Tigershow," but the question remains as to which reality in the grisly tale is the true one' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
-
The Butterfly Merchant,
single work
short story
science fiction
fantasy
'"The Butterfly Merchant" carries us to the strange disaster of an existence from [Williams's 2001 novel] The Stone Mage and the Sea' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
-
That Which Does Not Kill Us,
single work
short story
horror
'Rather than merely asking if there are some things worse than death, Westerfeld goes far beyond that old bromide to examine the hypothetical question from both sides of the grave, making it less and less hypothetical with every beautifully chiselled word' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
- The Singular Life of Eddy Dovewater, single work short story science fiction (p. 245-56)
- Making Two Fists, single work short story horror (p. 256-269)
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Agog! Press
, 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Kijin Tea, single work short story horror (p. 1-10)
- Waiting at Golgotha, single work short story horror (p. 11-26)
- Runaway, single work short story science fiction (p. 27-42)
- Moonflowers at the Ritz, single work short story science fiction (p. 43-50)
- Louder Echo, single work novella science fiction fantasy (p. 51-73)
- Lacey's Fingerprints, single work short story science fiction (p. 74-94)
- In the Days of the Red Animals, single work short story science fiction (p. 95-105)
- JAM Jars, single work short story (p. 109-124)
- Bone-Dog, single work short story horror (p. 124-130)
- Sigmund Freud and the Feral Freeway, single work novella science fiction (p. 129-149)
- Uncharted, single work short story science fiction (p. 149-167)
-
Exterminator Rex,
single work
short story
horror
'Tonight I speak of Biowulf. Famed was this Biowulf - one of a kind, mighty exterminator of pests. Close your eyes and see him: kill-ready, death0suited, warrior-proud, his demolition derby firmly atop his head as he fared forth in his viral nightmobile, on errand for the Metropolitan Board of Works, Municipal AdminDistrict B' (Browne, 168).
- Storm in a Chandelier, single work short story fantasy (p. 172-184)
- Witness of Blood, single work short story horror (p. 185-201)
-
The Big One,
single work
short story
science fiction
'Pondering the end of our world, Dirk Flinthart introduces a group of extreme sports fanatics that are not nearly as unbelievable as we wish they were. See if the behaviour in "The Big One" really seems so absurd when compared to what fills the TV schedule these days' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
-
Tigershow,
single work
short story
horror
'Violence and madness simmer just under the surface of poor Robert in "Tigershow," but the question remains as to which reality in the grisly tale is the true one' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
-
The Butterfly Merchant,
single work
short story
science fiction
fantasy
'"The Butterfly Merchant" carries us to the strange disaster of an existence from [Williams's 2001 novel] The Stone Mage and the Sea' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
-
That Which Does Not Kill Us,
single work
short story
horror
'Rather than merely asking if there are some things worse than death, Westerfeld goes far beyond that old bromide to examine the hypothetical question from both sides of the grave, making it less and less hypothetical with every beautifully chiselled word' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
- The Singular Life of Eddy Dovewater, single work short story science fiction (p. 243-253)
- Making Two Fists, single work short story horror (p. 254-266)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine , June/July no. 7 2003; (p. 112)
— Review of Agog! Terrific Tales : New Australian Speculative Fiction 2003 anthology short story novella
-
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine , June/July no. 7 2003; (p. 112)
— Review of Agog! Terrific Tales : New Australian Speculative Fiction 2003 anthology short story novella
Awards
- 2004 joint winner Ditmar Awards — Best Collected Work
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