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1 y separately published work icon Australian Science Fiction Bibliography Graham Stone , Burwood : Graham Stone , 2004 Z1681521 2004 single work bibliography Lists books, authors, titles, letters, reviews and periodicals with content relating to Australian writers of science, speculative, fantasy and horror fiction
1 y separately published work icon Notes on Australian Science Fiction Graham Stone , Sydney : Graham Stone , 2001 Z1017342 2001 single work essay bibliography criticism biography review Fifty numbered and titled 'Notes' which trace the history of Australian science fiction, from its beginnings to the 1950s. Some notes are in the form of essays, others include biographical details, reviews, criticism and bibliographies. Many of the notes are reprinted, or revised from a column which appeared in Science Fiction News, edited by Stone.
1 3 y separately published work icon Time Marches Off : 2000 Years from Now Paul De Wreder , Sydney : Graham Stone , 1997 Z181251 1942 single work novel satire science fiction

'Time Marches Off recounts the adventures of two 'ocker' soldiers catapulted into various futures by a 'toff' of a Sydney University professor. The book is far from a literary masterpiece, but its stereotypes of class, male/female relationships and 1940s society provide a shock to the system far greater than any history textbook. A fascinating retrovision SF period piece.'

Source: Steele, Colin. Scanning in the Nineties: Part 1.

1 3 y separately published work icon The Temple of Sahr William Pengreep , Sydney : Graham Stone , 1994 Z324520 1932 single work novel adventure science fiction 'A novel of adventure and treasure trove, set mainly in north-west Australia. An unscrupulous scientist, who experiments with an electric ray capable of producing unconsciousness, lives in splendour and enslaves the remnant of a long-existent native race skilled in medical art'. Source: Australian Literature from its Beginnings to 1935, v.2.
1 y separately published work icon Lords of Serpent Land Alan Connell , Sydney : Graham Stone , 1991 Z945427 1991 series - author selected work novella science fiction adventure young adult
1 2 y separately published work icon The Inner Domain Phil Collas , Sydney : Graham Stone , 1989 Z544180 1935 single work novella science fiction
1 1 y separately published work icon The Burlesque of Frankenstein ; Or, The Man-Gorilla George Isaacs , Sydney : Graham Stone , 1989 Z514073 1865 single work drama satire science fiction horror Possible the earliest science fiction work written by an Australian resident, The Burlesque of Frankenstein; Or, The Man-Gorilla, was written for the stage in Adelaide in 1863 but never produced. George Isaacs subsequently included it in Rhyme and Prose. As Graham Stone notes, the story of Frankenstein has been an enduring science fiction subject since it first appeared in 1818, and indeed at least eleven theatrical adaptations were been produced in Adelaide alone between 1823 and 1849 (five melodramas and six burlesques).

In describing the humour of the piece ' is largely verbal' (with anything for a rhyme), Stone writes further:
Isaacs' burlesque is a wild travesty of its basic plot with no trace of its spirit, but it is a part of the tradition, its creation in a remote backwater showing how wide the novel's appeal was. It also reflects the controversy of the time over the new concept of evolution.
The burlesque is preceded by a twp page preface entitled "A Burlesque and its History," in which Issacs outlines the reasons for the work having been denied a production.

1 y separately published work icon An Index to the Australian Science Fiction Magazines : Part One Graham Stone , Sydney : Graham Stone , 1955 Z1416244 1955 single work bibliography
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