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'Norma Hemming (1928-1960) was Australia’s first significant female science fiction writer. This volume brings together all the nineteen stories she published in the 1950s, before her untimely death from breast cancer. Also included are two previously unpublished plays, originally performed at Australian science fiction conventions in the 1950s. She is now commemorated by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation through the Norma K. Hemming Award, inaugurated at the World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne in September 2010.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Introduction, single work essay (p. 7-10)
- Dwellers in Silence, single work novella science fiction (p. 13-31)
- Call Them Earthmen, single work novella science fiction (p. 32-63)
- Debt of Lassor, single work short story science fiction (p. 64-84)
- As We Were, single work novella science fiction (p. 85-133)
- Symbiosis!, single work novella science fiction (p. 134-145)
- Clearing Station, single work short story science fiction (p. 146-150)
- Fancy Dress, single work short story science fiction (p. 151-154)
- You Can't Stop a Spaceman, single work novella science fiction (p. 155-170)
- Starchild : A Novelet of the Post-Atomic Age, single work novella science fiction (p. 171-207)
- Rocketeers at Bay, single work short story science fiction (p. 208-217)
- Peril of the Sea Planet, single work short story science fiction (p. 218-237)
- The Terror of Terra, single work short story science fiction (p. 238-241)
- Vengeance of Artilla Vengeance Off Artilla, single work short story science fiction (p. 242-256)
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Last of the Rocketeers,
single work
short story
science fiction
horror
(p. 257-278)
'The masters of energy came from beyond the great bubble to destroy the universe.'
- Lifeline on Luna, single work short story science fiction (p. 279-294)
- Return of the Roc-Men, single work short story science fiction (p. 295-313)
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Amazons of the Asteroids,
single work
short story
science fiction
(p. 314-330)
'Of course they couldn't exist, these woman warriors of the multi-worlds; but they proved too deadly to be mere theories or mirages.'
Source: Magazine blurb.
- Death Ray for Roma, single work short story science fiction (p. 331-345)
- Loser Take All, single work novella science fiction fantasy (p. 346-376)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Introduction
2010
single work
essay
— Appears in: Dwellers in Silence : Stories and Plays by Norma Hemming 2010; (p. 7-10)
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Introduction
2010
single work
essay
— Appears in: Dwellers in Silence : Stories and Plays by Norma Hemming 2010; (p. 7-10)
