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The Stellar Gauge includes the following essays by Australian authors focusing on non-Australian subjects or writers: 'White Sphinx and Albino Griffin: Images of Death in the Scientific Romances of H. G. Wells' (David J. Lake), 'Arthur C. Clarke' (David Sless), 'Frederick Pohl as a Creator of Future Societies' (George Turner), 'Literature Which Wakens Us: The Science Fiction of Brian W. Aldiss' (Bruce Gillespie); 'Beyond the Enigma: Dick's Questers' (Michael J. Tolley); and 'Immortality and Robert Silverberg' (Frederick Yuan).

Notes

  • Described by Anne Brewster as 'the first Australian collection of critical essays on science fiction' ('SF Awakes,' CRNLE Reviews Journal 2 1981, p.83)

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    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Norstrilia Press , 1980 .
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      Extent: 288p.
      ISBN: 0909106088
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Works about this Work

The Story of Norstrilia Press Bruce Gillespie , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , April no. 98 2019; (p. 71-84)
— Review of The Altered I : An Encounter with Science Fiction 1976 anthology short story criticism poetry ; The View from the Edge : A Workshop of Science Fiction Stories 1977 anthology short story ; Moon in the Ground Keith Antill , 1979 single work novel ; The Dreaming Dragons : A Time Opera Damien Broderick , 1980 single work novel ; The Stellar Gauge : Essays on Science Fiction Writers 1980 anthology criticism ; Lavington Pugh Jay Bland , 1982 single work novel ; An Unusual Angle Greg Egan , 1983 single work novel ; The Plains Gerald Murnane , 1982 single work novel ; Landscape with Landscape Gerald Murnane , 1985 selected work short story ; Dreamworks : Strange New Stories 1983 anthology short story ; In the Heart or in the Head : An Essay in Time Travel George Turner , 1984 single work autobiography criticism
Morals, Ethics, and Viewpoints George Turner , Yvonne Rousseau , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 52-69)
SF Awakes Anne Brewster , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1981; (p. 83-84)
— Review of The Stellar Gauge : Essays on Science Fiction Writers 1980 anthology criticism
SF Awakes Anne Brewster , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1981; (p. 83-84)
— Review of The Stellar Gauge : Essays on Science Fiction Writers 1980 anthology criticism
The Story of Norstrilia Press Bruce Gillespie , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , April no. 98 2019; (p. 71-84)
— Review of The Altered I : An Encounter with Science Fiction 1976 anthology short story criticism poetry ; The View from the Edge : A Workshop of Science Fiction Stories 1977 anthology short story ; Moon in the Ground Keith Antill , 1979 single work novel ; The Dreaming Dragons : A Time Opera Damien Broderick , 1980 single work novel ; The Stellar Gauge : Essays on Science Fiction Writers 1980 anthology criticism ; Lavington Pugh Jay Bland , 1982 single work novel ; An Unusual Angle Greg Egan , 1983 single work novel ; The Plains Gerald Murnane , 1982 single work novel ; Landscape with Landscape Gerald Murnane , 1985 selected work short story ; Dreamworks : Strange New Stories 1983 anthology short story ; In the Heart or in the Head : An Essay in Time Travel George Turner , 1984 single work autobiography criticism
Morals, Ethics, and Viewpoints George Turner , Yvonne Rousseau , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 52-69)
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