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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Worlds: Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy
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In 1978, having published five issues of the Void Science Fiction and Fantasy, editor Paul Collins transformed the magazine into a series of hardcover original anthologies which were released under the collective 'Worlds' title. The proposed contents for issues 6, 7 and 8 of Void in fact became the contents of the first anthology, Envisaged Worlds. After closing down Void Publications in 1981 Collins published the latter anthologies through his new company, Cory and Collins. A final title in the "worlds" series, Metaworlds, was released in 1994 by Penguin.

[Source: Marshall B. Tymn and Mike Ashley. Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Weird Fiction Magazines, 1985, pp. 266-267]

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y separately published work icon Distant Worlds Paul Collins (editor), St Kilda : Cory and Collins , 1981 Z873597 1981 anthology short story fantasy science fiction St Kilda : Cory and Collins , 1981
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y separately published work icon Frontier Worlds Paul Collins (editor), St Kilda Melbourne : Cory and Collins , 1983 Z312277 1983 anthology short story science fiction St Kilda Melbourne : Cory and Collins , 1983
y separately published work icon Other Worlds Paul Collins (editor), St Kilda : Void Publications , 1978 Z102062 1978 anthology poetry short story science fiction St Kilda : Void Publications , 1978
y separately published work icon Envisaged Worlds Paul Collins (editor), St Kilda : Void Publications , 1978 Z102167 1978 anthology short story science fiction fantasy An all-Australian anthology of science fiction stories which were originally intended for publication in issues 6, 7 and 8 of Void: Science Fiction and Fantasy. The contents also include a foreword, 'Swimming Against the Stream' by Christopher Priest and a "A Short Afterword' by Paul Collins.
 St Kilda : Void Publications , 1978
y separately published work icon Alien Worlds Paul Collins (editor), St Kilda : Void Publications , 1979 Z102268 1979 anthology short story extract science fiction St Kilda : Void Publications , 1979
y separately published work icon Metaworlds : Best Australian Science Fiction Paul Collins (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1994 Z184916 1994 anthology short story science fiction

'This is an anthology of recent Australian science fiction by 12 well-known authors including Rosaleen Love, Damien Broderick, Terry Dowling, Leanne Frahm and Greg Egan.'

 Ringwood : Penguin , 1994

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First known date: 1978
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y separately published work icon Void : Science Fiction and Fantasy Paul Collins (editor), 1975 St Kilda : Void Publications , 1975 Z1729966 1975 periodical (5 issues)
y separately published work icon Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Series Paul Collins (editor), Cory and Collins (publisher), Void Publications (publisher), 1980 St Kilda : Cory and Collins , 1980-1984 Z1485016 1980 series - publisher novel science fiction fantasy Void Publications, under the ownership and editorial direction of Paul Collins, began publishing science fiction novels and anthologies in 1980 under the series title Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (ASF&F). The first release was Jack Wodhams' Looking For Blücher, followed by David J. Lake's The Fourth Hemisphere and Wynne Whiteford's first novel Breathing Space Only. All three nominated at the 1981 Ditmar Awards.

In 1981 Collins formed a new publishing venture with artist Rowena Cory. The first title to be released by Cory and Collins was the anthology Distant Worlds (1981). While this title is also included within the ASF&F series, it is also the fourth volume within another Void/Cory and Collins' series called Worlds: Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy. This series effectively continued the Void: Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine which had released five issues between 1975 and 1977. The first three volumes from the World series were published prior to Collins establishing the Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and hence are not considered part of that collection. The two Worlds series volumes published after 1980s (Distant Worlds, 1981, and Frontier Worlds, 1983) are included within the ASF&F series.
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