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Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear
''Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear'' is a speculative fiction short story anthology edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie, and published by Peggy Bright Books in 2012. It contains thirteen original short stories, mostly by Australian writers. The anthology accrued Ditmar Award nominations for Best Collected Work, for Best Short Story ("The Bone Chime Song", by Joanne Anderton) and for Best Artwork (cover art by Les Petersen),two Chronos Award nominations for Best Short Story (for "Five Ways To Start A War", by Sue Bursztynski and "The D—d", by Adam Browne), and won a Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Professional Artwork (cover art by Les Petersen). Contents * "Introduction" by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie * "The Bone Chime Song" by Joanne Anderton * "Five Ways to Start a War" by Sue Bursztynski * "History: Theory and Practice" by Dave Luckett * "The D—d" by Adam Browne * "The Travelling Salesman and the Farmer's Daughter" by Katherine Cummings * "Faet's Fire" by Thoraiya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speculative Fiction
Speculative fiction is a term that has been used with a variety of (sometimes contradictory) meanings. The broadest interpretation is as a category of fiction encompassing genres with elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, nature, or the present universe. Such fiction covers various themes in the context of supernatural, futuristic, and other imaginative realms. The genres under this umbrella category include, but are not limited to, science fiction, fantasy, horror, superhero fiction, alternate history, utopian and dystopian fiction, and supernatural fiction, as well as combinations thereof (for example, science fantasy). History Speculative fiction as a category ranges from ancient works to paradigm-changing and neotraditional works of the 21st century. Characteristics of speculative fiction have been recognized in older works whose authors' Authorial intent, intentions, or in the social contexts of the stories they portray, are now known. For example, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, Myth, mythic tales, Folklore genre, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella, novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. The short story is sometimes referred to as a genre. Determining what exactly defines a short story has been recurrently problematic. A classic de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categorizes collections of shorter works, such as short stories and short novels, by different authors, each featuring unrelated casts of characters and settings, and usually collected into a single volume for publication. Alternatively, it can also be a collection of selected writings (short stories, poems etc.) by one author. Complete collections of works are often called "The Complete Works, complete works" or "" (Latin equivalent). Etymology The word entered the English language in the 17th century, from the Greek language#Greek loanwords in other languages, Greek word, ἀνθολογία (''anthologic'', literally "a collection of blossoms", from , ''ánthos'', flower), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, Meleager of Gad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Petrie
Simon Petrie is a New Zealand-born speculative fiction writer now based in Canberra, Australia. He is predominantly recognised as a writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Petrie's stories have appeared in a number of Australian publications including Borderlands, Aurealis and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, in New Zealand publications such as Semaphore Magazine and several Random Static anthologies, and in magazines elsewhere in the English-speaking world such as Redstone Science Fiction, Murky Depths and Sybil's Garage. He is a former member of the Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine collective and has edited five issues of the magazine. Petrie's work has seen several nominations for Australian and New Zealand speculative fiction awards and he has won the Sir Julius Vogel Award (New Zealand SF Award) three times: in 2010 for Best New Talent, and in 2013 and 2018 for Best Novella or Novelette. He is best known for two series of stories: his 'Gordon Mamon' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2012. Events * January 1 – Copyright restrictions on James Joyce's major works are lifted on the first day of the year, 70 years having passed last year since his death. *January 20 – British novelist Salman Rushdie cancels an appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, and four other writers leave the city after reading excerpts from '' The Satanic Verses'', which is banned in the country. *February – James Joyce's children's story '' The Cats of Copenhagen'' is published for the first time by Ithys Press in Dublin. *March – The discovery is announced of a collection of fairy tales gathered by the historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth and locked in a Regensburg archive for more than 150 years. *April – While attending the London Book Fair, the exiled Chinese writer Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned book '' Beijing Coma'' and cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction (including fantasy and horror) and science fiction fandom. The award is similar to the Hugo Award but on a national rather than international scale. They are named for Martin James Ditmar "Dick" Jenssen, an Australian fan and artist, who financially supported the awards at their inception. The current rules for the award (which had for many years been specified only in the minimalist "Jack Herman constitution") were developed in 2000 and 2001 as a result of controversy resulting from the withdrawal of the works of several prominent writers from eligibility, and the rules are subject to revision by the "Business Meeting" of the Natcon. Process Award-eligible works and persons are first nominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Browne
Adam Browne (born 1963) is an Australian speculative fiction writer. He lives in Melbourne, Australia. Browne illustrates his own work. Bibliography Books * ''Pyrotechnicon: Being a True Account of the Further Adventures of Cyrano de Bergerac Among the States and Empires of the Stars, by Himself (dec'd)'' – Coeur de Lion Publishing (Australia), 2012 * ''"Other Stories," and Other Stories'' – Satalyte (Australia), 2014 * ''The Tame Animals of Saturn'' - Peggy Bright Books (Australia), 2016 Short fiction *"Orlando's Third Trance" -''HQ'' Magazine (Australia), 1999 *"Account Dracula" -''Orb'' Magazine (Australia), 1999 *"Rococo Cola" -''Orb'' Magazine (Australia), 2000 *"Schrödinger's Catamaran" -''Orb'' Magazine (Australia), 2000, *"The Weatherboard Spaceship" – ''Aurealis'' Magazine (Australia), 2001 *"Widow City" -''Ideomancer'' (US), 2001 *"Nativity Plague" -''Aurealis'' Magazine (Australia), 2001 *"Les Autres" -''Ideomancer'' (US), 2002 *"Ad Nauseam" -' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Julius Vogel Award
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards are awarded each year at the New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, horror, and science fiction fandom. They are commonly referred to as the ''Vogels''. Name The awards are named for Sir Julius Vogel, a prominent New Zealand journalist and politician, who was Premier of New Zealand twice during the 1870s. He also, in 1889, wrote what is widely regarded as New Zealand's first science fiction novel, ''Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny''. The book, written and published in Great Britain after Vogel had moved from New Zealand, pictured a New Zealand in the year 2000 where most positions of authority were held by women—at the time of writing, a radical proposition. In 2000, New Zealand's Head of State, Governor General, Prime Minister, Chief Justice and Attorney General ''were'' all women, as was the CEO of one of the country's largest companies, Telecom. History National a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Luckett
Dave Luckett (born 1951) is an Australian children's writer born in Stanmore, New South Wales. He has written three non-fiction books about cricket and medieval weapons and armour. He has also written three series of fantasy books as well as a number of standalone fantasy books. One of the series, ''The Rhianna Chronicles'', has been reprinted in the United States and Poland. His '' A Dark Winter'' won the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel in 1998. Bibliography Children's fantasy School of Magic #''The Truth About Magic'' (2005) #''The Return of Rathalorn'' (2005) Tenabran Trilogy #'' A Dark Winter'' (1997) #''A Dark Journey'' (1999) #''A Dark Victory'' (1999) The Rhianna Chronicle #''Rhianna and the Wild Magic'' (2000) (US title ''The Girl, the Dragon, and the Wild Magic'' (2003)) #''Rhianna and the Dogs of Iron'' (2002) (US title: ''The Girl, the Apprentice, and the Dogs of Iron'' (2004)) #''Rhianna and the Castle of Avalon'' (2002) (US title: ''The Girl, the Queen, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Tambour
Anna Tambour is an author of satire, fable and other strange and hard-to-categorize fiction and poetry. Her novel ''Crandolin'' was shortlisted for the 2013 World Fantasy Award. Tambour's collection ''Monterra's Deliciosa & Other Tales &'' was published in 2003, and ''Spotted Lily'', a novel, in 2005. Ebook editions of both of these were published by infinity plus in 2011. Reviews ''Locus'' listed both Tambour's collections and both novels in their Recommended Reading lists. Her 2015 collection ''The Finest Ass in the Universe'' was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award for Best Collection. ''Spotted Lily'' was shortlisted in 2006 for the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, and was recommended for a British Fantasy Society Award (Best Novel). In 2008, ''The Jeweller of Second-hand Roe'' won the Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Cooper
Brenda Cooper (born August 12, 1960) is an author and futurist who resides in Kirkland, Washington, where she is the Chief Information Officer of the city of Kirkland. She has co-written various short stories with Larry Niven and has written ten novels. Brenda was educated at California State University, Fullerton, where she earned a BA in Management Information Systems. She is also pursuing an MFA at StoneCoast, a program of the University of Southern Maine. Brenda lives in Woodinville, Washington with her family and three dogs. Bibliography Novels * ''Building Harlequin's Moon ''Building Harlequin's Moon'' is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper. The novel is set in the distant future as a group of space travellers, marooned in an inhospitable planetary system, attempt to terraform a moon and crea ...'', (2005) written with Larry Niven. * * ;Silver Ship series # # # ;Ruby's Song # #The Diamond Deep (2013) ;The Glittering Edge (sequels to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McHugh
Ian McHugh is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction. Biography McHugh's first story was published in 2004, entitled "The Alchemical Automaton Blues" which was published in ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' #15. His first win came with his story "Bitter Dreams" which won the 2008 Writers of the Future grand prize. It was also a nominee for the writers of the Future 3rd quarter at the same awards and was a short-list nominee for the 2008 Aurealis Award for best horror short story. In 2009 McHugh's "Once a Month, On a Sunday" was a joint-winner for the 2009 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. McHugh currently lives in Canberra, Australia and is a member of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. At this very moment, he is tutoring a Professional Orientation Class. Bibliography ;Collections * Angel dust (2014) ;StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted. * *"The Last Day of Rea" (2006) in ''All Star Stories presents: Twenty Epics'' *"Grace" (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
