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Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 Breathing Space Only
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'An Australia of the near future, in which the torch of civilization is carried on in the hydro-electric powered Heights of the Snowy Mountains, while industrial breakdown has thrust the rest of the world into smog-polluted barbarism.

'But on the Heights, frontier-guard Roy challenges his people's paranoid fear of the "Outside".' (Publication summary(

Notes

  • Dedication: For Laurel

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Kilda, Caulfield - St Kilda area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Void Publications , 1980 .
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      Extent: 150p.
      ISBN: 0909117071
      Series: y separately published work icon Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Series Paul Collins (editor), Cory and Collins (publisher), Void Publications (publisher), St Kilda : Cory and Collins , 1980-1984 Z1485016 1980 series - publisher novel science fiction fantasy Void Publications, under the ownership and editorial direction of Paul Collins, began publishing science fiction novels and anthologies in 1980 under the series title Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (ASF&F). The first release was Jack Wodhams' Looking For Blücher, followed by David J. Lake's The Fourth Hemisphere and Wynne Whiteford's first novel Breathing Space Only. All three nominated at the 1981 Ditmar Awards.

      In 1981 Collins formed a new publishing venture with artist Rowena Cory. The first title to be released by Cory and Collins was the anthology Distant Worlds (1981). While this title is also included within the ASF&F series, it is also the fourth volume within another Void/Cory and Collins' series called Worlds: Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy. This series effectively continued the Void: Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine which had released five issues between 1975 and 1977. The first three volumes from the World series were published prior to Collins establishing the Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and hence are not considered part of that collection. The two Worlds series volumes published after 1980s (Distant Worlds, 1981, and Frontier Worlds, 1983) are included within the ASF&F series.





      Number in series: 3
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Ace Books ,
      1986 .
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      ISBN: 0441072887
Alternative title: Merodak : Science-Fiction Australienne
Language: French

Other Formats

  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

Taking Wynne Whiteford Seriously Russell Blackford , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 125-143)
The Foreigner's Guide to Australian SF Van Ikin , 1985 single work column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 7 no. 1 (Issue 19) 1985; (p. 23-25)
If Two Out of Three Isn't Bad Stephen Hitchings , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 3 no. 1 (Issue 7) 1980; (p. 41-44)

— Review of Looking for Blucher Jack Wodhams , 1980 single work novel ; The Fourth Hemisphere David J. Lake , 1980 single work novel ; Breathing Space Only Wynne Whiteford , 1980 single work novel
If Two Out of Three Isn't Bad Stephen Hitchings , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 3 no. 1 (Issue 7) 1980; (p. 41-44)

— Review of Looking for Blucher Jack Wodhams , 1980 single work novel ; The Fourth Hemisphere David J. Lake , 1980 single work novel ; Breathing Space Only Wynne Whiteford , 1980 single work novel
Taking Wynne Whiteford Seriously Russell Blackford , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 125-143)
The Foreigner's Guide to Australian SF Van Ikin , 1985 single work column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 7 no. 1 (Issue 19) 1985; (p. 23-25)
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