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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Stone Ship
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Set in a university managed by Kafkaesque bureaucracy The Stone Ship follows the adventures, misalliances and misdeeds of the suicidal Shipton and the ghost who saved his life; and who demands a favour in return. As Shipton's experiences within the university are played out on the fringes of an administration that destroys lives with paperwork, rioting librarians hunt for students and academics dwell in the half-light of scholarly delusions. Lurking under these crumbling halls of esoteric learning is a creature whose monstrous malevolence is fed by the corpses of the unworthy. Ultimately, Shipton's salvation lies in the choice between assimilation or rejection of his surroundings. In this fantastic work of fairy tales turned sour and grown malevolent with age, the monsters have become less dangerous than the humans that feed them. (Publisher's blurb on back cover).

Notes

  • Dedication: for Karen

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Pandanus Books , 2005 .
      Extent: 218p.
      Note/s:
      • A Sullivan's Creek Publication
      ISBN: 1740761359

Works about this Work

Untitled Susan Ballyn , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 1 no. 7 2006;

— Review of The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 July 2005; (p. 25)

— Review of The Country Undertaker Jim Eames , 2005 single work biography ; The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel ; Shimmer : The Beginning of a Troll's Tale Kathryn Deans , 2005 single work children's fiction ; Crime Scene : True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator Esther McKay , 2005 single work biography
Untitled Tony Smith , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , April no. 32 2005;

— Review of The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel
Retro-Future Carolyn Tetaz , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 271 2005; (p. 45)

— Review of The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel
Fantasy Colin Steele , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 10 April 2005; (p. 19)

— Review of The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel ; Drowned Wednesday Garth Nix , 2005 single work children's fiction
Stone Ship Scores in Savage Social Satire Lon Bram , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 - 20 March 2005; (p. 6)

— Review of The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-27 March 2005; (p. 12)

— Review of Butterfly Song Terri Janke , 2005 single work novel ; H2O: Stories of Water 2005 anthology short story ; The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel
Fantasy Colin Steele , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 10 April 2005; (p. 19)

— Review of The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel ; Drowned Wednesday Garth Nix , 2005 single work children's fiction
Retro-Future Carolyn Tetaz , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 271 2005; (p. 45)

— Review of The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Tony Smith , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , April no. 32 2005;

— Review of The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel
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