Science fiction looks into the future, or at what could exist, given what the human race knows or can imagine about the universe; or it looks at different versions of our past and present. Horror looks at the supernatural, or at particularly disturbing versions of what can exist, given the perversions of human nature. Fantasy looks at worlds or subject matter which can't exist, which we acknowledge as impossible. All are literature of ideas, with Australian writers drawing on the vast, often unforgiving, landscape we live in, the multi-cultural nature of the society around us and the lessons we're trying to learn from our history. The best stories provoke, inspire and entertain. The best stories . . . The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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For readers accustomed to massive "year's best" anthologies, this Australian import may seem lightweight with only 11 tales, but it's a fine sampling of mostly cross-genre fiction from Down Under. Lynette Aspey's endearing, character-driven "Dreaming Dragons" plays with Vietnamese myth. Terry Dowling's "Flashmen," a gripping tale of a future Earth beset by a truly alien invasion, explores the meaning of heroism. Brendan D. Carson's "Occam's Razing" is a short but highly imaginative story of religious contagion. Damien Broderick offers a thoughtful postnanotech fable, "The Meek." In "The Dreaming City" by Ben Peek, Mark Twain dreams of an encounter with an aboriginal spirit and is moved to write a book in defense of Australia's native population. Congreve and Marquart provide an excellent introduction to the vicissitudes of the Australian genre market, as well as information about publications and some recommended reading. (Dec.)
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By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (Paperback)
A welcome surprise to come across this volume after a gap of some years from the Byrne and Strahan collections. Bonus point for the overview and recommended reading section.
Year's Best ASF&F One : Birds of the Bushes and Scrubs - Geoffrey Maloney Year's Best ASF&F One : Sleeping Dragons - Lynette Aspey Year's Best ASF&F One : No 3 Raw Place - Deborah Biancotti Year's Best ASF&F One : Flashmen - Terry Dowling Year's Best ASF&F One : Tripping Over the Light Fantastic - Kim Westwood Year's Best ASF&F One : Bones - Rjurik Davidson Year's Best ASF&F One : Occam's Razing - Brendan D. Carson Year's Best ASF&F One : Home by the Sea - Cat Sparks Year's Best ASF&F One : The Meek - Damien Broderick Year's Best ASF&F One : The Tale of Enis Cash Smallgoods Smokehand - Brendan Duffy Year's Best ASF&F One : The Dreaming City - Ben Peek Dogbeque and loin of long pig as civilisation decays around its museums. 2.5 out of 5 Superpowered alien egg boy happy at home. 4 out of 5 Big creepy house. Bad. 3 out of 5 Dowling has again produced a stunning sf story that retains a distinctly alien flavour, as an old Flashmen team reassembles with a rookie as its focus, to deal with the landing of yet another craft. Old allies, friends and rivals have to try and get along, and not die while saving thousands of people from the incursion. 5 out of 5 Show business crappy for kids. 2.5 out of 5 Mad bad band. 2.5 out of 5 Quarantaine scientifique. 3.5 out of 5 Global warming future time travelling rent boy as martyr. 3.5 out of 5 Nuclear-nano war survivors recruited and uploaded. 3.5 out of 5 Dragon dung disposal is a dangerous business, for serious professionals. 4 out of 5 Mark Twain's Sydney Dreaming timeslip. 3.5 out of 5
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