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y separately published work icon Mechanica : A Beginner's Field Guide single work   picture book   children's   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Mechanica : A Beginner's Field Guide
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'Welcome to future Earth.

'Despite repeated warnings, the environment has become polluted to such an extent that many areas of the globe have become uninhabitable, and wildlife is now extinct.

'From the ashes, a new style of ‘wildlife’ is created. Wildlife that will not remain harnessed by humankind.

'Welcome to the world of Mechanica.' (Publication summary)

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  • Steampunk note: This story approaches environmental post-apocalyptic science-fiction in a steampunk vein, imagining a future world in which wildlife is replaced by advanced mechanical automatons.
  • Dedication: For Frank – Lance

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Scoresby, Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Five Mile Press , 2016 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published: September 2016
      ISBN: 9781760401085
    • Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,: Hardie Grant Egmont , 2019 .
      Extent: 32 p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:

      • Published 1st January 2019.

      ISBN: 9781760401085
Alternative title: Mechanica : przewodnik dla początkujących
Language: Polish
    • Lublin,
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      Poland,
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      Eastern Europe, Europe,      :       Wydawnictwo Tekturka ,       2017 .
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      Extent: 32 p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9788394760007, 8394760007
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Works about this Work

Review : Mechanica : A Beginners Field Guide Bec Blakeney , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;
— Review of Mechanica : A Beginner's Field Guide Lance Balchin , 2016 single work picture book
Resistant Heroes or Resourceful Runaways? An Exploration of Character in Young Adult (YA) Dystopian Texts Pamela Powell , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Beyond the Dark : Dystopian Texts in the Secondary English Classroom 2020; (p. 104-126)
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  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • ca. 2250-2299
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