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 Contributors: Carmel Bird Russell Blackford Damien Broderick Edward Burger Trudi Canavan Isobelle Carmody Marianne de Pierres Terry Dowling John Foyster Leanne Frahm Alexander James Margo Lanagan Rosaleen Love Ben Peek Michael Pryor Tim Richards Robert N. Stephenson Lucy Sussex |
Joint Winner 2004 Ditmar Award for Best Anthology Trudi Canavan’s ‘A Room for Improvement’ was winner of the 2004 Ditmar Award for Best Short Story Forever Shores PB 376 PP 215 x 143 1862546223 $9.95 Fantasy / Fiction EAN 9781862546226 Wakefield Press Forever Shores brings together the best Australian authors of fantasy fiction writing today. From Isobelle Carmody’s tragic romantic style to Terry Dowling’s complex and technical worlds, Damien Broderick’s straight-faced player in the game of worlds, and Carmel Bird’s intriguing ‘genetic unconscious deciding factor’ all the stories in this collection share the same fascination with the fantastic. This element, the ‘not quite of this world’ quality that defines fantasy writing, has been challenged and paid tribute to between the pages of this impressive new anthology. Take off on the journey of a lifetime, sliding through vistas and technologies undreamed of, multi-worlds and single, the mythological and mystical, the disconcertingly grim, the humorous, reconstructed worlds of past great writers, and what may be circling our world, even now. This is literature, the pure joy of the written word as it was always meant to be: inventive, imaginative, challenging. Peter McNamara and Margaret Winch have spent a decade prying loose the very best of Australian fantastic fiction available. Forever Shores follows in the wake of their hugely successful Alien Shores: ‘It doesn’t get much better than this.’ – Graham Holman, Aurealis ‘Alien Shores takes you on a journey through space and time that leaves you breathless.’ – Launceston Examiner Also available: |
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‘. . . beautifully crafted . . . Forever Shores is a varied and well-rounded collection of fantastic fiction, that has earned a place in any bookshelf. Each story is compelling and entertaining reading, but those leaning more towards horror and SF have the most impact, leaving the reader with much food for thought.’ – Liz Grzyb, Ticonderoga online ‘. . . a mixed and rich collection, with several local stars . . . who bring irony and fun to the genre – Debra Adelaide, Sydney Morning Herald ‘[A] compelling collection.’ – Dianne Dempsey, Age |
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