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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 The Opoponax Invasion
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'A tongue-in-cheek satire on corporate business, cyberpunk, and nanotechnology. Brosnan's wired-up hero is forced against his will to take on the alien Opoponax before humanity is converted to their cause. Brosnan flits through time and space from Nazi Paris to Perth in 1958 (which is worse?) to the far future (Colin Steele, SF Commentary No 77, p.53).

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Gollancz ,       1993 .
      Extent: 223p.
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Works about this Work

Scanners Colin Steele , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , November no. 77 2001; (p. 49-77)
— Review of Reading by Starlight: Postmodern Science Fiction Damien Broderick , 1995 single work criticism ; Metaworlds : Best Australian Science Fiction 1994 anthology short story ; Mortal Fire : Best Australian Science Fiction 1993 anthology short story ; The Destiny Makers George Turner , 1993 single work novel ; Twilight Beach Terry Dowling , 1993 selected work short story ; Evolution Annie Rosaleen Love , 1991 selected work short story ; The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy 1998 reference bibliography biography ; Beyond the Hanging Wall Sara Douglass , 1996 single work novel ; Distress Greg Egan , 1995 single work novel ; Axiomatic Greg Egan , 1995 selected work short story ; Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel ; Mirrorsun Rising Sean McMullen , 1995 single work novel ; Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1994 anthology short story ; The Opoponax Invasion John Brosnan , 1993 single work novel ; Envoy Shannah Jay , 1994 single work novel ; She's Fantastical : The First Anthology of Australian Women’s Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism And Fantasy 1995 anthology short story poetry extract ; The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 1997 anthology short story ; Time Marches Off : 2000 Years from Now Paul De Wreder , 1942 single work novel ; Dark House : Stories Compiled by Gary Crew 1995 anthology short story ; The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories 1994 anthology short story
In a Year of Good Australian Sci-Fi Anthologies, This One is Even Bigger and Better Colin Steele , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 November 1994; (p. C11)
— Review of The Opoponax Invasion John Brosnan , 1993 single work novel ; Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1994 anthology short story ; Envoy Shannah Jay , 1994 single work novel
Scanners Colin Steele , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , November no. 77 2001; (p. 49-77)
— Review of Reading by Starlight: Postmodern Science Fiction Damien Broderick , 1995 single work criticism ; Metaworlds : Best Australian Science Fiction 1994 anthology short story ; Mortal Fire : Best Australian Science Fiction 1993 anthology short story ; The Destiny Makers George Turner , 1993 single work novel ; Twilight Beach Terry Dowling , 1993 selected work short story ; Evolution Annie Rosaleen Love , 1991 selected work short story ; The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy 1998 reference bibliography biography ; Beyond the Hanging Wall Sara Douglass , 1996 single work novel ; Distress Greg Egan , 1995 single work novel ; Axiomatic Greg Egan , 1995 selected work short story ; Permutation City Greg Egan , 1994 single work novel ; Mirrorsun Rising Sean McMullen , 1995 single work novel ; Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1994 anthology short story ; The Opoponax Invasion John Brosnan , 1993 single work novel ; Envoy Shannah Jay , 1994 single work novel ; She's Fantastical : The First Anthology of Australian Women’s Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism And Fantasy 1995 anthology short story poetry extract ; The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 1997 anthology short story ; Time Marches Off : 2000 Years from Now Paul De Wreder , 1942 single work novel ; Dark House : Stories Compiled by Gary Crew 1995 anthology short story ; The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories 1994 anthology short story
In a Year of Good Australian Sci-Fi Anthologies, This One is Even Bigger and Better Colin Steele , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 November 1994; (p. C11)
— Review of The Opoponax Invasion John Brosnan , 1993 single work novel ; Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1994 anthology short story ; Envoy Shannah Jay , 1994 single work novel
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Subjects:
  • Paris,
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    France,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Perth, Western Australia,
Settings:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
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