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y separately published work icon Neuroomia : A New Continent : A Manuscript Delivered by the Deep single work   novel   adventure   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1894... 1894 Neuroomia : A New Continent : A Manuscript Delivered by the Deep
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This work is described by Miller as a 'Utopian study of life on an imaginary South Polar continent, unexpectedly found by a whaler who set out from Hobart in 1889'. In Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction, editors Blackford, Ikin and McMullen describe the society in this novel as 'a utopia based upon wishful thinking rather than any specific prescription for sociopolitical reform' (20) and conclude that 'Neuroomia pictures the heady joys of utopia without troubling to outline the sweaty toil needed to attain them' (22)

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'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature Elizabeth Leane , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone)
Lost and Found Cities and Peoples : Polar Regions Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 87-88)
— Review of At the South Pole William H. G. Kingston , 1870 single work novel ; Neuroomia : A New Continent : A Manuscript Delivered by the Deep George McIver , 1894 single work novel ; Valdmer the Viking : A Romance of the Eleventh Century by Sea and Land Hume Nisbet , 1893 single work novel ; Voyage of Will Rogers to the South Pole Christopher Spotswood , 1888 single work novel ; Beyond the Ice : Being a Story of the Newly Discovered Region Round the North Pole G. Read Murphy , 1894 single work novel
y separately published work icon Strange Constellations : A History of Australian Science Fiction Russell Blackford , Van Ikin , Sean McMullen , Westport : Greenwood Press , 1999 Z126983 1999 reference criticism 'A study of authors who have devoted a substantial part of their writing careers to S[cience] F[iction]'. Takes an inclusive approach to the genre, encompassing works such as SF romances, utopian and distopian novels, political and military thrillers, fantasy and supernatural horror. The overall emphasis is on works which take a scientific view so there is no comprehensive coverage of fantasy and horror.
New Publications 1894 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 24 February vol. 57 no. 1755 1894; (p. 385)
— Review of Neuroomia : A New Continent : A Manuscript Delivered by the Deep George McIver , 1894 single work novel
New Publications 1893 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 16 December vol. 56 no. 1745 1893; (p. 1266)
— Review of Neuroomia : A New Continent : A Manuscript Delivered by the Deep George McIver , 1894 single work novel Brief pre-publication notice: 'Mr. G. McIver's new work of fiction to be published shortly by George Robertson and Co.'
New Publications 1894 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 24 February vol. 57 no. 1755 1894; (p. 385)
— Review of Neuroomia : A New Continent : A Manuscript Delivered by the Deep George McIver , 1894 single work novel
New Publications 1893 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 16 December vol. 56 no. 1745 1893; (p. 1266)
— Review of Neuroomia : A New Continent : A Manuscript Delivered by the Deep George McIver , 1894 single work novel Brief pre-publication notice: 'Mr. G. McIver's new work of fiction to be published shortly by George Robertson and Co.'
Lost and Found Cities and Peoples : Polar Regions Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 87-88)
— Review of At the South Pole William H. G. Kingston , 1870 single work novel ; Neuroomia : A New Continent : A Manuscript Delivered by the Deep George McIver , 1894 single work novel ; Valdmer the Viking : A Romance of the Eleventh Century by Sea and Land Hume Nisbet , 1893 single work novel ; Voyage of Will Rogers to the South Pole Christopher Spotswood , 1888 single work novel ; Beyond the Ice : Being a Story of the Newly Discovered Region Round the North Pole G. Read Murphy , 1894 single work novel
'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature Elizabeth Leane , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone)
y separately published work icon Strange Constellations : A History of Australian Science Fiction Russell Blackford , Van Ikin , Sean McMullen , Westport : Greenwood Press , 1999 Z126983 1999 reference criticism 'A study of authors who have devoted a substantial part of their writing careers to S[cience] F[iction]'. Takes an inclusive approach to the genre, encompassing works such as SF romances, utopian and distopian novels, political and military thrillers, fantasy and supernatural horror. The overall emphasis is on works which take a scientific view so there is no comprehensive coverage of fantasy and horror.
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