Centaurus

Centaurus
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Publisher : Tor Books
Total Pages : 525
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0312865562
ISBN-13 : 9780312865566
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Centaurus by : David G. Hartwell

An anthology of works from writers living down-under includes pieces by Peter Carey, Terry Dowling, Rosaleen Love, George Turner, and Greg Egan

Australian Science Fiction

Australian Science Fiction
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Publisher : Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
Total Pages : 376
Release :
ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105037616831
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Australian Science Fiction by : Van Ikin

The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy

The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Publisher : Melbourne University
Total Pages : 218
Release :
ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105021004945
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy by : Sean McMullen

This book covers all Australian science fiction and fantasy authors, books and stories, as well as important magazines, sub-genres and works published electronically.

Dreaming Down Under

Dreaming Down Under
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 556
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1874082308
ISBN-13 : 9781874082309
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Dreaming Down Under by : Jack Dann

This work collects short stories by many of the leading writers of fantasy and science fiction in Australia. It covers various areas of contemporary wild-side fiction including fantasy, horror, magical realism, cyberpunk and science fiction.

Nylon Angel

Nylon Angel
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 300
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0451460375
ISBN-13 : 9780451460370
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Nylon Angel by : Marianne De Pierres

While trying to send her sadistic boss to death row, sexy bodyguard Parrish Plessis finds herself sheltering a suspect in the murder of newsgirl Razz Retribution. A compelling blend of Mad Max and Dark Angel.--Melbourne Age. Original.

The Science in Science Fiction

The Science in Science Fiction
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Publisher : Crescent
Total Pages : 210
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0517653354
ISBN-13 : 9780517653357
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Science in Science Fiction by : Peter Nicholls

Terra Nullius

Terra Nullius
Author :
Publisher : Small Beer Press
Total Pages : 279
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781618731524
ISBN-13 : 1618731521
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Terra Nullius by : Claire G. Coleman

NPR Best Books of 2018 “Coleman’s timely debut is testimony to the power of an old story seen afresh through new eyes.” —Adelaide Advertiser “In our politically tumultuous time, the novel’s themes of racism, inherent humanity and freedom are particularly poignant.” —Books + Publishing The Natives of the Colony are restless. The Settlers are eager to have a nation of peace and to bring the savages into line. Families are torn apart. Reeducation is enforced. This rich land will provide for all. This is not the Australia we know. This is not the Australia of the history books. Terra Nullius is something new, but all too familiar. Shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize Indie Book Awards and Highly Commended for the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards, Terra Nullius is an incredible debut from a striking new Australian Aboriginal voice. Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. Jacky was running. Claire G. Coleman is a writer from Western Australia. She identifies with the South Coast Noongar people. Her family are associated with the area around Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. Claire grew up in a Forestry’s settlement in the middle of a tree plantation, where her dad worked, not far out of Perth. She wrote her black&write! fellowship- winning manuscript Terra Nullius while traveling around Australia in a caravan.

Souls in the Great Machine

Souls in the Great Machine
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 454
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780312870553
ISBN-13 : 0312870558
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Souls in the Great Machine by : Sean Mcmullen

An Australia destroyed by a nuclear holocaust is ruled by a computer made of human components imprisoned inside. When a component becomes defective it is shot.

Diaspora

Diaspora
Author :
Publisher : Greg Egan
Total Pages : 241
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781922240040
ISBN-13 : 1922240044
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Diaspora by : Greg Egan

In 2975, the orphan Yatima is grown from a randomly mutated digital mind seed in the conceptory of Konishi polis. Yatima explores the Coalition of Polises, the network of computers where most life in the solar system now resides, and joins a friend, Inoshiro, to borrow an abandoned robot body and meet a thriving community of “fleshers” in the enclave of Atlanta. Twenty-one years later, news arrives from a lunar observatory: gravitational waves from Lac G-1, a nearby pair of neutron stars, show that the Earth is about to be bathed in a gamma-ray flash created by the stars’ collision — an event that was not expected to take place for seven million years. Yatima and Inoshiro return to Atlanta to try to warn the fleshers, but meet suspicion and disbelief. Some lives are saved, but the Earth is ravaged. In the aftermath of the disaster, the survivors resolve to discover the cause of the neutron stars’ premature collision, and they launch a thousand polises into interstellar space in search of answers. This diaspora eventually reaches a planet subtly transformed to encode a message from an older group of travellers: a greater danger than Lac G-1 is imminent, and the only escape route leads beyond the visible universe.

A Single Stone

A Single Stone
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 273
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780763691769
ISBN-13 : 0763691763
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis A Single Stone by : Meg McKinlay

In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything — and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain. Jena — strong, respected, reliable — is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers as one of the chosen seven, Jena's years spent denying herself food and wrapping her limbs have paid off. She is small enough to squeeze through the tunnels of the mountain and gather the harvest, risking her life with each mission. No work is more important. This has always been the way of things, even if it isn’t easy. But as her suspicions mount and Jena begins to question the life she’s always known, the cracks in her world become impossible to ignore. Thought-provoking and quietly complex, Meg McKinlay’s novel unfolds into a harshly beautiful tale of belief, survival, and resilience stronger than stone.