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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
A small press collection of short stories, all previously published, some dating from 1994.
Notes
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Dedication: Peter McNamara
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Reviewed briefly in the Weekend Australian (Review), 10-11 December 2005.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Parramatta,
Parramatta area,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:MirrorDanse Editions
, 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies,
single work
short story
fantasy
(p. 7-17)The 'true' account of the events that led to the story recounted in Waltzing Matilda by A. B. Paterson. The story is told through the voice of the bunyip who inhabits the billabong at which the events are said to have unfolded.
- The Queen of Erewhon, single work short story fantasy science fiction (p. 18-42)
- The Gloaming, single work short story fantasy (p. 43-50)
- La Sentinelle, single work novella horror fantasy (p. 51-107)
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A Tour Guide in Utopia,
single work
short story
fantasy
(p. 108-115)Sussex has a fictional meeting with the young Victorian writer Ida Pemberton, who has been projected forward into the Melbourne of 1993, a world Pemberton predicted in an actual short story a century earlier. Since Ida Pemberton died at the early age of twenty-six in 1894 from tuberculosis, Sussex is able to weave an effective "what if" story from what actually was' (Colin Steele, SF Commentary No 77, p.54).
- Kay and Phil, single work short story science fiction (p. 116-139)
- The Lottery, single work short story science fiction (p. 140-148)
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The Ghost of Mrs Rochester,
single work
short story
science fiction
(p. 149-168)In 'The Ghost of Mrs Rochester,' Sussex 'links past and present, in this case an illustration of Mrs Rochester in an edition of Jane Eyre, to provide a most effective ghost story' (Colin Steele, SF Commentary No 77, p.54).
- Merlusine, single work short story fantasy science fiction (p. 169-199)
- Frozen Charlottes, single work short story fantasy (p. 200-212)
- Runaways, single work short story fantasy (p. 213-233)
- Absolute Uncertainty, single work short story science fiction (p. 234-262)
- Afterword, single work prose (p. 263-265)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 3 2006; (p. 53)
— Review of A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose -
A Tour Guide in Utopia
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose -
New Australian Science Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 183 2006; (p. 88)
— Review of The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 2005 anthology short story ; A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Cosmos , February / March no. 7 2006; (p. 87)
— Review of A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose -
A Small Fanstastic Pond
2005-2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 277 2005-2006; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 2005 anthology short story ; A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose
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Creeping Flesh, Etcetera
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 December 2005; (p. 10)
— Review of A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose -
A Small Fanstastic Pond
2005-2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 277 2005-2006; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 2005 anthology short story ; A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Cosmos , February / March no. 7 2006; (p. 87)
— Review of A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose -
New Australian Science Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 183 2006; (p. 88)
— Review of The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 2005 anthology short story ; A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose -
A Tour Guide in Utopia
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of A Tour Guide in Utopia 2005 selected work short story novella prose
Awards
- 2006 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Collected Work
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