Search -
Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction
Centaurus The Best of Australian Science Fiction Author:David G. Hartwell (Editor), Damien Broderick (Editor) Science fiction is a worldwide literature, and no one knows it better than David G. Hartwell. Over the years Hartwell has produced a number of anthologies, ranging through the decades and across the globe to document science fiction's scope of influence -- and has introduced American audiences to writers beyond our own literary borders. Now ... more »Hartwell and Australian SF guru Damien Broderick are bringing a higher profile to Australian science fiction with Centaurus. Here is a showcase of some of the most original voices in SF, selected and introduced by a highly qualified duo of SF professionals. Centaurus includes stories from well-known practitioners of the genre as well as the hottest new writers from the land down under. For both avid followers of Australian SF and genre readers who have not yet discovered our southern stars, Centaurus is an anthology no SF fan will want to miss.
Contents:
Introduction (Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction) (1999) • essay by Damien Broderick
The Other Editor's Introduction (Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction) (1999) • essay by David G. Hartwell
Flowering Mandrake (1994) / novelette by George Turner
The Mountain Movers [John Grimes Rimworld] (1971) / novelette by A. Bertram Chandler
Things Fall Apart (1988) / novelette by Philippa C. Maddern
Written in Blood (1999) / shortstory by Chris Lawson
Pie Row Joe (1978) / shortstory by Kevin McKay
A Map of the Mines of Barnath (1995) / shortstory by Sean Williams
My Lady Tongue (1988) / novelette by Lucy Sussex
Wang's Carpets (1995) / novelette by Greg Egan
The Dominant Style (1991) / shortstory by Sean McMullen
Borderline (1996) / novella by Leanne Frahm
Privateers' Moon [The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros] (1992) / novelette by Terry Dowling
Re-deem the Time (1978) / shortstory by David J. Lake
Matters of Consequence (1992) / shortstory by Shane Dix
The Total Devotion Machine (1989) / shortstory by Rosaleen Love
The Colonel's Tiger [Man-Kzin Wars] (1995) / novella by Hal Colebatch
The Soldier in the Machine (1998) / novelette by Russell Blackford
From Whom All Blessings Flow (1995) / novelette by Stephen Dedman
Looking Forward to the Harvest (1991) / novelette by Cherry Wilder