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Elsewhere (anthology)
''Elsewhere: An Anthology of Incredible Places'' is the third short story anthology published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2003 and edited by Michael Barry, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors. Background ''Elsewhere'' was first published in Australia in October 2003 by CSFG Publishing. It was a short-list nominee for the 2004 Ditmar Award for best collected work but lost to ''Agog! Terrific Tales'', edited by Cat Sparks. ''Elsewhere'' features 26 stories by 26 authors, with two of the stories featured receiving nominations. " Alien Space Nazis Must Die" by Chuck McKenzie was a finalist for the 2004 Ditmar Award for best novella or novelette but lost to "La Sentinelle" by Lucy Sussex and " State of Oblivion" by Kaaron Warren was a short-list nominee for the 2004 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story but lost to Brendan Duffy's " Louder Echo". Contents *Interior artwork by Les Petersen *Introduction by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Barry (writer)
Michael, Mike, or Mick Barry may refer to: Entertainment *Michael Barry (television producer) (1910–1988), British television producer and executive * Michael Bukht (1941–2011), British radio executive and TV personality who used the pseudonym Michael Barry *Michael Barry (actor), American actor *Michael Barry (born 1946), director of the film ''The Second Coming of Suzanne'' *Mike Barry, member of American progressive rock band Yezda Urfa Sports * Mick Barry (bowler) (1919–2014), Irish road bowler * Mick Barry (rugby union) (1943–2020), rugby union player who represented Australia *Mike Barry (footballer) (born 1953), English footballer *Mike Barry (American football) (active 1980–2008), American football coach *Michael Barry (cricketer) (born 1991), New Zealand(Auckland) cricketer *Michael Barry (cyclist) (born 1975), Canadian racing cyclist *Michael Barry (Northern Mariana Islands footballer) (born 1995) *Michael Barry (wrestler) (born 1954), Canadian Olympic wrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine McArthur
Maxine McArthur is an Australian writer of science fiction. Biography McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996. In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled ''Time Future''. It won the 1999 George Turner Award and finished ninth in 2000 Locus Awards for best first novel. In 2002 she released the sequel to her first novel entitled ''Time Past'' which was a short-list nominee for the 2003 Ditmar Award for best Australian novel. In 2004 her third novel ''Less Than Human (novel), Less Than Human'' won the 2004 Aurealis Award for Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel, best science fiction novel which also was a short-list nominee for the 2005 Ditmar Award for best novel. In the 2005 Ditmar Awards McArthur and co-editor Donna Hanson were short-list nominees for best collected work with their anthology ''Encounters''. Bibliography Novels *''Time Future'' (1999) *''Time Past'' (2002) *''Less Than Human (novel), Less Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zara Baxter
Zara may refer to: Businesses * Zara (retailer), a fashion retail company based in Spain * Zara Investment Holding, a Jordanian holding company * Continental Hotel Zara, Budapest, Hungary Music * ''ZaRa'', an EP by Merzbow * "Zara", a 2011 single by Arty People and fictional characters * Zara (name), primarily a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * Zara (Turkish singer), stage name of Turkish folk singer and actress Neşe Yılmaz (born 1976) * Zara (Russian singer), Russian pop singer and actress Zarifa Pashaevna Mgoyan (born 1983) Places * Province of Zara, a province of the Kingdom of Italy from 1918 to 1947 * Zara, Turkey, a town and district of Sivas Province * Zadar, Croatia, whose Italian name is Zara Ships * , an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser of the 19th century * USS ''Zara'' (SP-133), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 * ''Zara''-class of Italian heavy cruisers ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Walker (author)
David Harry Walker (9 February 1911 – 5 March 1992) was a Scottish-born Canadian novelist. He was born in Dundee, Scotland, later moving to St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, where he began his career as a writer. His work has been made into films. Biography David Walker was born near Dundee, Scotland and received his early education in Shrewsbury, later enrolling at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After graduation in 1931, he was commissioned in the Black Watch. He served with the foreign battalion in India and Sudan (1932–38) and in Canada (1938–39) as aide-de-camp to Governor-General Lord Tweedsmuir, the novelist John Buchan. There he met Willa Magee of Montreal, and they married on 27 July 1939. The couple had four sons together: Giles, Barclay, David, and Julian. In September 1939, amid the threat of war, Walker returned to England, where he trained recruits. The next year he was posted to France with The Black Watch 51st Highland Division. Capture ... [...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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Peek
Ben Peek (born 12 October 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian author. His middle name is Michael. Peek's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including '' Fantasy Magazine'' and ''Aurealis''. His fiction has been reprinted in various Year's Best volumes. In 2000, he created a zine called ''The Urban Sprawl Project'', a black and white pamphlet of photography and prose, and this remains the name of his online journal. In 2006 his autobiography, ''Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth'', was published by Wheatland Press with artwork from Andrew Macrae and Anna Brown. In 2007, ''Black Sheep, a dystopian novel'', was published by Prime Books. In 2007, Peek also began collaborating with artist Anna Brown on ''Nowhere Near Savannah'', an online comic that in part follows on from their original collaboration on ''Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth''. Peek has claimed that every incident described in ''Nowhere near Savannah'' is true. Peek holds a Bachelor of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Andrews (author)
Chris Andrews may refer to: * Chris Andrews (singer) (born 1942), pop musician and songwriter ("Yesterday Man") * Chris Andrews (entrepreneur) (1956–2012), digital pioneer, restitution activist * Chris Andrews (translator) (born 1962), Melbourne-based poet and translator * Chris Andrews (politician) (born 1964), Irish Sinn Féin (and formerly Fianna Fáil) politician * Chris Andrews (rower) Chris Andrews (born 4 March 1961) is an ocean rower and winner of the 2005 Atlantic Rowing Race with his partner Clint Evans in their boat C2 – the first British crew to win the Atlantic Rowing Race. Andrews is the former director of risk manag ..., ocean rower * Chris Andrews (wrestler) (born 1984), professional wrestler from Crediton, Devon See also * Christopher Andrews (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hoge
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
