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Issue Details: First known date: 1896... 1896 The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research
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Light and satirical in tone, the hero of the story is a penniless young writer who becomes involved with a departed spirit which communicates using telepathy. Graham Stone writes that nothing much seems to happen in the narrative, while the mystery of the telepathic communication barely explained. He further notes that no scientific content is included, nor is any conclusion reached (Notes, 103).

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Notes

  • Preliminary quotation: "Listen! We are in telepathic communication."

  • Title page quotation: The silent thought - by will impelled / Will travel far - strange thoughts among / Voiceless - until, in embrace held / By kindred though, it finds a tongue.

  • Dedication: Dedicated to the friend whose unwearied researches in medical science led to the discovery here recorded and in telepathic collaboration with whom the story was written.

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Miscellaneous Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 101-104)
— Review of The Invasion W. H. Walker , 1877 single work novel ; The Last of Six : Tales of the Austral Tropics Ernest Favenc , 1893 selected work short story ; Ashes : A Tale of Two Spheres Hume Nisbet , 1890 single work novel ; The Harlequin Opal Fergus Hume , 1893 single work novel ; A Son of Perdition : An Occult Romance Fergus Hume , 1912 single work novel ; The Gentleman Who Vanished : A Psychological Phantasy Fergus Hume , 1890 single work novel ; My Weird Wooing David Fowler , 1888 single work novel ; The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research C. Ernest Robin , 1896 single work novel ; Aerial and Terrestrial Transit : An Inquiry Thereinto by a Paid Select Committee of Members of Parliament, Elected by Members of Parliament : Qualifications:- Strictly Non-professional : A Series of Records of Their Distinguished Labours. Varney Parkes , 1895 single work novel ; Recognition : A Mystery of the Coming Colony Sydney H. Wright , 1895 single work novel ; The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia Kenneth Mackay , 1895 single work novel ; Artabanzanus : The Demon of the Great Lake : An Allegorical Romance of Tasmania William M. Ferrar , 1896 single work novel
Scribblers and Screed 1896 single work review
— Appears in: The Free-Lance , 3 October vol. 1 no. 24 1896; (p. 12)
— Review of The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research C. Ernest Robin , 1896 single work novel ; While the Billy Boils Henry Lawson , 1896 selected work short story
Literature. Literary Notes 1896 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 22 August vol. 62 no. 1885 1896; (p. 382)
— Review of The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research C. Ernest Robin , 1896 single work novel
Literature. Literary Notes 1896 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 22 August vol. 62 no. 1885 1896; (p. 382)
— Review of The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research C. Ernest Robin , 1896 single work novel
Scribblers and Screed 1896 single work review
— Appears in: The Free-Lance , 3 October vol. 1 no. 24 1896; (p. 12)
— Review of The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research C. Ernest Robin , 1896 single work novel ; While the Billy Boils Henry Lawson , 1896 selected work short story
Miscellaneous Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 101-104)
— Review of The Invasion W. H. Walker , 1877 single work novel ; The Last of Six : Tales of the Austral Tropics Ernest Favenc , 1893 selected work short story ; Ashes : A Tale of Two Spheres Hume Nisbet , 1890 single work novel ; The Harlequin Opal Fergus Hume , 1893 single work novel ; A Son of Perdition : An Occult Romance Fergus Hume , 1912 single work novel ; The Gentleman Who Vanished : A Psychological Phantasy Fergus Hume , 1890 single work novel ; My Weird Wooing David Fowler , 1888 single work novel ; The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research C. Ernest Robin , 1896 single work novel ; Aerial and Terrestrial Transit : An Inquiry Thereinto by a Paid Select Committee of Members of Parliament, Elected by Members of Parliament : Qualifications:- Strictly Non-professional : A Series of Records of Their Distinguished Labours. Varney Parkes , 1895 single work novel ; Recognition : A Mystery of the Coming Colony Sydney H. Wright , 1895 single work novel ; The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia Kenneth Mackay , 1895 single work novel ; Artabanzanus : The Demon of the Great Lake : An Allegorical Romance of Tasmania William M. Ferrar , 1896 single work novel
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