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'An Australia of the near future, in which the torch of civilization is carried on in the hydro-electric powered Heights of the Snowy Mountains, while industrial breakdown has thrust the rest of the world into smog-polluted barbarism.
'But on the Heights, frontier-guard Roy challenges his people's paranoid fear of the "Outside".' (Publication summary(
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Dedication: For Laurel
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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Taking Wynne Whiteford Seriously
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 125-143) -
The Foreigner's Guide to Australian SF
1985
single work
column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 7 no. 1 (Issue 19) 1985; (p. 23-25) -
If Two Out of Three Isn't Bad
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 3 no. 1 (Issue 7) 1980; (p. 41-44)
— Review of Looking for Blucher 1980 single work novel ; The Fourth Hemisphere 1980 single work novel ; Breathing Space Only 1980 single work novel
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If Two Out of Three Isn't Bad
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 3 no. 1 (Issue 7) 1980; (p. 41-44)
— Review of Looking for Blucher 1980 single work novel ; The Fourth Hemisphere 1980 single work novel ; Breathing Space Only 1980 single work novel -
Taking Wynne Whiteford Seriously
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 125-143) -
The Foreigner's Guide to Australian SF
1985
single work
column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 7 no. 1 (Issue 19) 1985; (p. 23-25)
Awards
- 1981 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
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