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Glitter Rose, by Marianne de Pierres

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

Glitter Rose, by Marianne de Pierres, is a collection of short stories set on a fictionalised version of Stradbroke Island, called Carmine Island, in which mysterious spores have risen out of the ocean and settled over the island. These spores … Continue reading →

Posted in marianne de pierres | Tagged auslit, aussiecon, aussiecon 4, australian fiction, australian literature, carmine island, glitter rose, marianne de pierres, ozlit, short stories, short story anthology, short story collection, the australian literature review, twelfth planet press | 1 Comment

On ‘The Race to the Red Planet’

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

This article is based on a session at AussieCon 4. The panelists discussed what they thought was a need to move from sending orbiters and rovers to Mars to sending manned expeditions and possibly building settlements on Mars. What follows … Continue reading →

Posted in science fiction | Tagged auslit, aussiecon, aussiecon 4, mars fiction, ozlit, race to the red planet, sci fi, science fiction, the australian literature review, worldcon 2010 | Leave a comment

On ‘Hand-waving, Rule Bending and Other Dirty Tricks of Hard SF’

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

This article is based on a session at AussieCon 4. A central concern in the discussion for this panel was: Should the story fit the science, or should the science fit the story, in ‘hard’ science fiction? Charles Stross … Continue reading →

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On ‘Crowns and Swords: The intertwined worlds of fantasy and monarchy’

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

This article is based on a session at AussieCon 4. Historically, there have been many monarchies – from iron age, to medieval, to pre-industrial era, to contemporary monarchies. Monarchies can be a short hand so you don’t have to describe … Continue reading →

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On ‘Losing the Plot: Plotting in advance VS writing as you go’

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

This article is based on a session at AussieCon 4. Melinda Snodgrass started the panel discussion with an analogy that fiction writers who plan in advance of writing are like architects and that fiction writers who plan as they write … Continue reading →

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On ‘Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey’

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

This article is based on a session at AussieCon 4. What follows is discussion of a range of ideas which arose in the panel discussion. Ambivalence towards Joseph Campbell’s work on hero myths Joseph Campbell’s work on hero myths was about describing … Continue reading →

Posted in hero's journey, joseph campbell | Tagged anti-hero, antihero, auslit, aussiecon, aussiecon 4, aussiecon article, ben chandler, dark hero, hero, hero mythology, hero's journey, heroic journey, joseph campbell, ozlit, redemptive journey, the australian literature review, worldcon | Leave a comment

On ‘Kim Stanley Robinson – Guest of Honour Speech’

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

This article is based on Kim Stanley Robinson’s Guest of Honour Speech at AussieCon 4 (audio recording here, courtesy of Gary Kemble). By the time of Kim Stanley Robinson (Stan)’s Guest of Honour Speech on the third day of the … Continue reading →

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On ‘The Novella’

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

This article is based on a session at AussieCon 4. One of the panelists, dark fantasy thriller writer Alan Baxter, has his own coverage of this session on his website. Alan Baxter has provided a good introduction to this session, … Continue reading →

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Kate Forsyth – Author Interview

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

What was your highlight from AussieCon 4 and why? The highlight for me, as always, was catching up with all my old writer friends and making new ones. Good friends of mine who were at Aussiecon 4 include Kim Wilkins, … Continue reading →

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On ‘Thinking in Trilogies’

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Steve Rossiter

This article is based on a session at AussieCon 4. Why trilogies? It was suggested that trilogies are partially publisher driven because it’s more commercially attractive to sell three novels rather than one. However, if this were the primary explanation … Continue reading →

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