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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 The Sword of God
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Dedication: for Damien Broderick
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    y separately published work icon Dream Weavers Paul Collins (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1996 Z151957 1996 anthology short story young adult fantasy 'Dream Weavers is Paul's most successful anthology to date. It was a ground-breaking collection of fantasy stories for young adults. ASO purchased a third of its print run before it was printed - 1500 copies were distributed throughout the Queensland education system. It features original stories by Isobelle Carmody, Keith Taylor, Sean McMullen and others. Within a year of its printing, Russell Blackford's story 'The Sword of God' won both the Aurealis Award and the Ditmar Award, and with Beverley Macdonald's story was reprinted in The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy. Paul and Howard Goldsmith's collaboration was reprinted in Heinemann's English Book Three. The cover won Best Cover in the Ditmar Awards' (www.paulcollins.com.au). Ringwood : Penguin , 1996 pg. 212-239
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    y separately published work icon The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 Jonathan Strahan (editor), Jeremy G. Byrne (editor), Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1997 Z141577 1997 anthology short story science fiction fantasy A collection of 15 stories ranging from cyberpunk by Damien Broderick and the latest in scientific speculation from Greg Egan, to classic fantasy by bestselling writers like Sara Douglass and Beverly Macdonald. Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1997 pg. 161-182
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    y separately published work icon Forever Shores : Fiction of the Fantastic Peter McNamara (editor), Margaret Winch (editor), Kent Town : Wakefield Press Aphelion Publications , 2003 Z1089382 2003 anthology short story extract fantasy science fiction

    An anthology comprising 17 Australian short fantasy stories.

    Kent Town : Wakefield Press Aphelion Publications , 2003
    pg. 87-108
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    y separately published work icon The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing : A Fifty Year Collection Rob Gerrand (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2004 Z1160235 2004 anthology short story novella Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2004 pg. 434-451
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