A variety of themes is explored in this anthology of the best contemporary Australian fantasy writing. From Isobelle Carmody's tragic romantic style and Terry Dowling's complex and technical world to Damien Broderick's vision of multiple worlds and Carmel Bird's "genetic unconscious deciding factor," the writers included tell enthralling stories strengthened by imagination that extends beyond the boundaries of the concrete world.
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Peter McNamara is the cofounder of Aphelion Publications, a fantasy and science fiction magazine and book publisher. He has served on the panel of the Aurealis Awards competition, which recognizes the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers. Margaret Winch is a lecturer at South Australia's Institute of Technology. They are the coeditors of Alien Shores.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Australian SF Reader,
By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forever Shores (Paperback)
Forever Shores : The Phoenix - Isobelle Carmody
Forever Shores : Players in the Game of Worlds - Damien Broderick Forever Shores : Rain Season - Leanne Frahm Forever Shores : Glimmer-by-Dark - Marianne de Pierres Forever Shores : The Sword of God - Russell Blackford Forever Shores : The Gate of Heaven - Rosaleen Love Forever Shores : The Boy Who Didn't Yearn - Margo Lanagan Forever Shores : A Spell at the End of the World - Alexander James Forever Shores : The Isolation of the Deciding Factor - Carmel Bird Forever Shores : Queue Jumping - Tim RichardsForever Shores : Dr. Who? (or The Day I Learnt to Love Tom Baker) - Ben Peek Forever Shores : Frozen Charlottes - Lucy Sussex Forever Shores : The Gorilla Becomes a Jeep - Edward Burger Forever Shores : Rynemonn - Terry Dowling Forever Shores : Stone Gift - Robert N. Stephenson Forever Shores : A Room for Improvement - Trudi Canavan Forever Shores : Waste - Michael Pryor This got me another big chunk of Tom Rynosseros, so I'd be inclined to give it a 5 just for that, although that might be going a bit far. However, the Rynemonn chunk is fabulous. Leanne Frahm's creepy Rain Season has stuck with me for a long time, as well. Plenty of other good stuff. Don't get too many magician in the Australian past stories either, to speak of another one. Two introductions, and an afterword by Foyster. Loopy blokes take their fantasy funereally too far. 4 out of 5 A young man's aunt keeps finding bodies in the bathroom. It is all part of something much bigger. 4 out of 5 A man running a small company in Queensland is struggling with everything, and then the rain comes, and the female part of his family adapts. 5 out of 5 Beach transmogrification deception. 3.5 out of 5 The Queen of Palmyra's domain is being slowly strangled by Aurelian, Imperator of Rome and his sun god priests. She hires the blood-fueled mage Simeon Africanus to help her turn the tide. 4 out of 5 Space station paradise. 3 out of 5 Bland helper. 2.5 out of 5 Anti-nuke sorcerer in Melbourne. 4 out of 5 Witchy vegie's kitty baby. 3.5 out of 5 Flying saucer detective's time travel discovery. 3.5 out of 5 Two-D Tom's a Talking Terror. 4 out of 5 Wicked widow's death dolls. 3.5 out of 5 Transformers, roar then picks off fly. 3 out of 5 A compilation of the last four parts of the upcoming fourth book in the Rynosseros Cycle, Rynemonn. Rynemonn : Doing the Line Nine - Terry Dowling Rynemonn : Coyote Struck by Lightning - Terry Dowling Rynemonn : Coming Down - Terry Dowling Rynemonn : Sewing Whole Cloth - Terry Dowling Tom goes to talk to Khoumy the Belltree about who and what he is, and what happened at the end. 5 out of 5 A rebel faction cell arranges to get information to Tom under cover of a different indigenous project. 5 out of 5 Old fashioned travel forms, as a Princess' subterfuge gets Tom to yet more unexpected help from another famous Captain, as the world watches. 5 out of 5 The Coloured Captains gather, called to the air to battle, outnumbered over 140/1, as they do what they can to save the Rogue, Rynemonn. However, the tree has a protector still at work, and Tom's enemies make a flaming serious mistake with Rynemonn alive. 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Rocky situation. 2.5 out of 5 Artist's architecture at a standstill. 3 out of 5 Magical rubbish detail squad. 3.5 out of 5
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