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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 The Weird Colonial Boy
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Martin Livings, in a review in Eidolon, offers the following synopsis:

'If I were to sum up the genre of The Weird Colonial Boy, I'd have to call it an SF/humour/alternate history/romance/bush-ranging tale, sort of Monty Python meets Robbery Under Arms, with a pinch of For The Term Of His Natural Life thrown in for good measure. In essence, it describes a world where the Reformation never took place, where the British Empire still rules supreme, where Australia is still effectively a penal colony in 1978. It's a harsh reality compared to [protagonist] Nigel Donohoe's native Melbourne, a comparatively luxurious world of tropical fish and punk rock. First he must come to terms with no longer being in his own universe (I won't divulge how he managed to skip across dimensions - let's just say it involved a tropical fish, a plastic spaceship and some chicken poo), then with the imminent likelihood of no longer existing in this or any other reality.'

Source: Eidolon 13 (July 1993): pp.87-90.

Notes

  • Dedication: Fot the B'Spellians, another reason to be cheerful.
  • Epigraph: 'In the great crisis of our life, when, brought face to face with annihilation, we are suspended gaping over the great emptiness of death, we become conscious that the Self which we think we knew so well has strange and un-thought-of capacities.' - Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life.
  • 'Gr-r-r-r! Ouph!' - Ibid

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Gollancz ,
      1993 .
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      Extent: 302p.
      ISBN: 0575053259
Alternative title: Der Quantenfisch : Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Wilhelm Heyne ,
      1996 .
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      Extent: 367p.

Works about this Work

Scanners Bruce Gillespie , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 20-22)

— Review of The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel
Other Australias in Realms of the Exotic and Absurd Van Ikin , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 November 1994; (p. 11A)

— Review of Twilight Beach Terry Dowling , 1993 selected work short story ; The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel ; The Fire Crystal Charles E. Hulley , 1994 single work novel
Untitled Michael J. Tolley , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 2 (Issue 35) 1993; (p. 25-27)

— Review of And Disregards the Rest Paul Voermans , 1992 single work novel ; The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel
Doing One of the Things that SF Does Best Terry Dowling , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 September 1993; (p. rev 7)

— Review of The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel
Australian Science Fiction Undergoing Revival Colin Steele , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 August 1993; (p. C8)

— Review of And Disregards the Rest Paul Voermans , 1992 single work novel ; The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel ; A Plastic Paradise D. W. Walker , 1993 single work novel ; Zenith Dirk Strasser , 1993 single work novel
Untitled Michael J. Tolley , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 2 (Issue 35) 1993; (p. 25-27)

— Review of And Disregards the Rest Paul Voermans , 1992 single work novel ; The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel
Scanners Bruce Gillespie , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 20-22)

— Review of The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel
Australian Science Fiction Undergoing Revival Colin Steele , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 August 1993; (p. C8)

— Review of And Disregards the Rest Paul Voermans , 1992 single work novel ; The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel ; A Plastic Paradise D. W. Walker , 1993 single work novel ; Zenith Dirk Strasser , 1993 single work novel
Other Australias in Realms of the Exotic and Absurd Van Ikin , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 November 1994; (p. 11A)

— Review of Twilight Beach Terry Dowling , 1993 selected work short story ; The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel ; The Fire Crystal Charles E. Hulley , 1994 single work novel
Doing One of the Things that SF Does Best Terry Dowling , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 September 1993; (p. rev 7)

— Review of The Weird Colonial Boy Paul Voermans , 1993 single work novel
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