Dreaming Down-Under Author:Jack Dann (Editor), Janeen Webb (Editor) Despite not having been published outside of Australia, Dreaming Down-Underwon the 1999 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, and stories from its pages have appeared in many Year's Best anthologies. Now we in this hemisphere can enjoy this excellent anthology without a round-the-globe trip. — Internationally... more » acclaimed author Harlan Ellison recently declared that this is the Golden Age of Australian Science Fiction. Dreaming Down-Under showcases this Golden Age with thirty-one exciting original stories by both acknowledged masters and hot new writers from--where else?--Down-Under.
Original anthology of 31 stories by Australian writers, with introductions to each; afterwords by the authors discuss their stories. Two short essays by Bruce Gillespie and Judith Raphael Buckrich speculate on the directions George Turner might have taken his unfinished story.
Contents:
What Stands for a Preface by Harlan Ellison.
Introduction by Jack Dann & Janeen Webb.
* Entre les Beaux Morts en Vie (Among the Beautiful Living Dead) / Sean Williams;
* The Dancing Floor / Cherry Wilder;
* Descent / Cecily Scutt;
* The Soldier in the Machine / Russell Blackford;
* Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies / Lucy Sussex;
* The Womb / Damien Broderick;
* A Walk-On Part in the War / Stephen Dedman ;
* Wired Dreaming / Paul Collins;
* The Body Politic / Tess Williams;
* The Truth About Weena / David J. Lake;
* The Marsh Runners / Paul Brandon;
* Prelude to a Nocturne / Rowena Cory Lindquist;
* Real Men / Rosaleen Love;
* The Latest Dream I Ever Dreamed / Norman Talbot;