Space Demons
Adelaide
:
Omnibus/Puffin
,
1986
Z262453
1986
single work
novel
young adult
science fiction
'Space Demons is a computer game with a difference - a prototype directly imported from Japan, and designed to lock four unlikely protagonists, Andrew Hayford, Elaine Taylor, Ben Challis and Mario Ferrone, in deadly combat with the sinister forces of its artificial intelligence. As the game draws them into its powerful ambit, Andrew, Elaine, Ben, and Mario must confront the darker sides of their own natures.' (Publication summary)
Skymaze
Norwood
:
Omnibus/Puffin
,
1989
Z179263
1989
single work
children's fiction
science fiction
children's
A new game reunites the four original players of "Space Demons" and it lures them into a compellingly beautiful but dangerous world in which their own real-life problems are chillingly reflected
Shinkei
Norwood
:
Omnibus Books
,
1996
Z515503
1996
single work
novel
young adult
science fiction
When his daughter and four Australian children are caught in the thrall of his new game Shinkei, Professor Ito realizes that this powerful embryonic intelligence with the potential to make even dreams come true has to be destroyed, but not before the players have been rescued
This chapter explores apocalypse in children's literature with reference to literary attitudes to children, nature and dystopia. Examinations of works by Lee Harding, Victor Kelleher, and John Marsden then focus on how these writers adapt apocalyptic themes for a juvenile audience. Their novels display tyranny, large-scale catastrophe, invasion, and children in danger, and their apocalyptic settings reveal anxieties about isolation, invasion, Indigenous land rights and colonization. (108)
This chapter explores apocalypse in children's literature with reference to literary attitudes to children, nature and dystopia. Examinations of works by Lee Harding, Victor Kelleher, and John Marsden then focus on how these writers adapt apocalyptic themes for a juvenile audience. Their novels display tyranny, large-scale catastrophe, invasion, and children in danger, and their apocalyptic settings reveal anxieties about isolation, invasion, Indigenous land rights and colonization. (108)
