image of person or book cover 3780871760689229693.jpeg
This image has been sourced from online
y separately published work icon Sea as Mirror single work   novel   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Sea as Mirror
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'In the not-too-distant future, and in a specially constructed marina off the US coast, Elizabeth works to communicate with a killer whale, an orca - Tachotic. Because of the nature of the project, it is very 'political' and she treads a fine line between people thinking she is mad, closing down the project and doing the work necessary to prove it is possible. Elizabeth feels she is getting very close to success, but she is getting frustrated with being so close and unable to find the key to understanding what Tachotic is trying to tell her. Tachotic himself is unsure why he has sought humans...how he can possibly convey the life of the pods..... And Elizabeth's time and energy is sometimes fragmented by her on-off relationship with Joe, her inability to put him in one compartment and her work in another. As her work takes over more and more, Joe is impatient to move on. As the human world falls victim to terrorist nuclear attacks and everything that was familiar comes under threat, ancient kinships between the land the sea re-emerge to show a different future, a future full of hope.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Exhibitions

15866155
15826549

Notes

  • Dedication: To my beautiful sons, Rhys and Isaac, may they always be men among princes.
  • Epigraph: My imploded story insists on the inextricable weave of the organic, technical, textual, mythic, economic and political threads that make up the flesh of the world. - Donna Haraway

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Voyager , 2000 .
      image of person or book cover 3780871760689229693.jpeg
      This image has been sourced from online
      Extent: 294p.
      ISBN: 0732268311

Works about this Work

Climate Change Novels Deborah Jordan , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Climate Change Narratives in Australian Fiction 2014; (p. 15-32)
'Climate Scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. How are Australian writers responding to this crisis? The first section of the book examines the stories by women and men writers directly about climate change scenarios. Notable authors are George Turner and Alexis Wright. ' (15)
Sea as Mirror Bill Congreve , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 27-28 2001; (p. 219-221)

— Review of Sea as Mirror Tess Williams , 2000 single work novel
Science Fiction Colin Steele , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 28 January 2001; (p. 51)

— Review of Sea as Mirror Tess Williams , 2000 single work novel
Listening the World Peter McNamara , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 15 no. 2 (Issue 42) 2000; (p. 45-48)

— Review of Sea as Mirror Tess Williams , 2000 single work novel
Listening the World Peter McNamara , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 15 no. 2 (Issue 42) 2000; (p. 45-48)

— Review of Sea as Mirror Tess Williams , 2000 single work novel
Science Fiction Colin Steele , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 28 January 2001; (p. 51)

— Review of Sea as Mirror Tess Williams , 2000 single work novel
Sea as Mirror Bill Congreve , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 27-28 2001; (p. 219-221)

— Review of Sea as Mirror Tess Williams , 2000 single work novel
Climate Change Novels Deborah Jordan , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Climate Change Narratives in Australian Fiction 2014; (p. 15-32)
'Climate Scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. How are Australian writers responding to this crisis? The first section of the book examines the stories by women and men writers directly about climate change scenarios. Notable authors are George Turner and Alexis Wright. ' (15)
Last amended 24 Apr 2017 09:05:05
Settings:
  • Florida,
    c
    United States of America (USA),
    c
    Americas,
  • 2020
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X