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'Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies: The Essential Lucy Sussex collects 25 stories spanning the amazing 28 year career of one of the legends of Australian genre fiction.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: In memory of Joanna Russ and Peter McNamara.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Greenwood,
Joondalup area,
Northern Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Ticonderoga Publications
, 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Merlusine, single work short story fantasy science fiction (p. 21-48)
- Kay and Phil, single work short story science fiction (p. 49-69)
- My Lady Tongue, single work short story science fiction (p. 71-112)
- The Lottery, single work short story science fiction (p. 113-120)
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A Tour Guide in Utopia,
single work
short story
fantasy
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).
- Robots & Zombies, Inc., single work short story science fiction (p. 129-134)
- The Lipton Village Society, single work short story (p. 135-150)
- Duchess, single work short story fantasy (p. 151-164)
- Montage, single work short story science fiction (p. 165-178)
- Albert and Victoria : Slow Dreams, single work short story fantasy (p. 179-194)
- Ardent Clouds, single work short story science fiction (p. 195-215)
- La Sentinelle, single work novella horror fantasy (p. 217-268)
- Frozen Charlottes, single work short story fantasy (p. 269-280)
- Matricide, single work short story science fiction (p. 281-297)
- Something Better Than Death, single work short story fantasy (p. 299-314)
- The Revenant, single work short story fantasy (p. 315-324)
- Mist and Murder, single work short story fantasy (p. 315-368)
- Absolute Uncertainty, single work short story science fiction (p. 325-349)
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Red Ochre,
single work
short story
science fiction
Fogarty's Animal Show, mistaken for carriers of the DNA plague that turned humans and animals into 'Muties', runs into prejudice that has Murri employee Ian Limrock hospitalised in the Mutie reserve. Drawing analogs between lepers, Aboriginal persecution, and the Muties, Ian finds - or redefines - his roots.
- The Queen of Erewhon, single work short story fantasy science fiction (p. 391-415)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Locus Looks at Books
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Locus , September vol. 67 no. 3 (608) 2011; (p. 18-19, 61)
— Review of Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies : The Essential Lucy Sussex 2011 selected work short story -
Impressive Collections
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 December 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Hall of Lost Footsteps 2011 selected work short story ; Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies : The Essential Lucy Sussex 2011 selected work short story
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Impressive Collections
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 December 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Hall of Lost Footsteps 2011 selected work short story ; Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies : The Essential Lucy Sussex 2011 selected work short story -
Locus Looks at Books
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Locus , September vol. 67 no. 3 (608) 2011; (p. 18-19, 61)
— Review of Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies : The Essential Lucy Sussex 2011 selected work short story
Awards
- 2012 finalist Locus Awards — Collection
- 2011 honourable mention Australian Shadows Award — Collection
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