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Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 The Thundering Good Today
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'Ian Guthrie is young and idealistic. He is contemptuous of the older generation and zealous in preserving the English tongue. He, and his Hungarian friend, are required by Australian law to register in the ballot for the national service. During their final year at school they make their final protest against this "lottery in lives" which gets them both expelled. This is the story of what happens in the following months as the registration comes closer.' (Source: WorldCat)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has references to the Vietnam War.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Bodley Head ,
      1970 .
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      Extent: 140p.
      ISBN: 0370012186
Alternative title: Lottery in Lives

Other Formats

  • Braille and sound recording.

Works about this Work

A Second Look : The Thundering Good Today by J M Couper Stella Lees , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 4 no. 3 1996; (p. 27-28)

— Review of The Thundering Good Today J. M. Couper , 1970 single work novel
Children's Book Week Competition Results 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 40 1971; (p. 14-15)
The results of a competition in which children were asked to review one of twelve books suggested for reading. The article includes three of the reviews. Maree Brain (winner), Elizabeth O'Neill (runner up)and Vicky Papadopoulou (third)
Untitled Anne Bower Ingram , 1971 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , March no. 39 1971; (p. 43-44)

— Review of The Thundering Good Today J. M. Couper , 1970 single work novel
A Second Look : The Thundering Good Today by J M Couper Stella Lees , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 4 no. 3 1996; (p. 27-28)

— Review of The Thundering Good Today J. M. Couper , 1970 single work novel
Untitled Anne Bower Ingram , 1971 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , March no. 39 1971; (p. 43-44)

— Review of The Thundering Good Today J. M. Couper , 1970 single work novel
Children's Book Week Competition Results 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 40 1971; (p. 14-15)
The results of a competition in which children were asked to review one of twelve books suggested for reading. The article includes three of the reviews. Maree Brain (winner), Elizabeth O'Neill (runner up)and Vicky Papadopoulou (third)
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