![]() ![]() ![]() “All of my books so far involve passages in which the characters travel through space for various purposes,” says Bedford. In Perth, Adrian (KA) Bedford is beavering away on a new space series, after three nominations (and one win) in three years for best science fiction novel in the Aurealis Awards. Perth editor Jonathan Strahan combines with America’s Gardner Dozois to launch an anthology of space opera short stories in June, and Adelaide’s Sean Williams puts musician Gary Numan in space with two stories set in his Astropolis universe, and returns to the Star Wars universe with a game tie-in. ![]() With several book releases looming on the horizon, the next 12 months will be big for Australian space opera.īrisbane writer Marianne de Pierres launches her universe-straddling series with Dark Space in May, and fellow Queenslander Sonny Whitelaw has the latest in her Stargate SG-1 novels – Roswell, co-written with Alice Springs writer Jennifer Fallon – hitting the shelves this month. If you know the science fiction stories these catchphrases come from, and can tear yourself away from the updated Battlestar Galactica long enough to get to the book shop, then this could be a happy year for you. Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away. ![]() This article appeared in The Courier-Mail in April, 2007. ![]()
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