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'Deep time: the ultimate frontier, tomorrow's most romantic landscape. Our sun is vast, sullen wheel hanging at the horizon. Beings walk the dying world in its red light, but few are human. Robots return from the edges of the galaxy to mourn their lost ancestors. Mages weave plots, their science so advanced it is indistinguishable from magic. In the vastness of eternity, Earth is but a star.'
'Only science fantasy knows the paths into this dark realm. A remarkable blend of myth, science and pure dark imagination, science fantasy is a genre still little known to science fiction enthusiasts or critics. Here, for the first time, many of its key tales are gathered, together with new essays that illuminate their strange power and provide a treasury of superb, unusual entertainment.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: To Van Ikin dreamer at the end of time and to Helen Merrick & Tess Williams who superbly blazed the trail.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
- Future Problematic : Reflections on The City and the Stars, single work criticism (p. 35-46)
- Billennium, single work short story (p. 364-368)
- The Future's Not Ours to See, single work criticism (p. 369-381)
- Star Drover, single work short story science fiction (p. 451-459)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80A 2010; (p. 78-79)
— Review of Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism -
Alpha is Not Omega
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 232 2001; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism -
Science Fiction
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 2 September 2001; (p. 51)
— Review of Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism -
CoverNotes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 24 June 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Which Way the Wind Blew 2000 single work autobiography ; Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism -
Future Shocks in a Bunch
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 May 2001; (p. 8)
— Review of Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism
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Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80A 2010; (p. 78-79)
— Review of Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism -
Future Shocks in a Bunch
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 May 2001; (p. 8)
— Review of Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism -
CoverNotes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 24 June 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Which Way the Wind Blew 2000 single work autobiography ; Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism -
Science Fiction
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 2 September 2001; (p. 51)
— Review of Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism -
Alpha is Not Omega
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 232 2001; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Earth Is But a Star : Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future 2001 anthology poetry short story extract criticism