MirrorDanse Books
Encyclopedia
MirrorDanse Books , founded in 1994, is one of Australia
's longest running independent book publishers
of science fiction
and horror
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MirrorDanse Books publishes the The Year's Best Australian SF & Fantasy anthology series, edited by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt. Published annually, The Year's Best reprints select short stories by authors who either have Australian citizenship, or reside in Australia. Each volume also lists recommended reading for the year. Recommended reading lists have been produced for 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's longest running independent book publishers
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
of science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
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MirrorDanse Books publishes the The Year's Best Australian SF & Fantasy anthology series, edited by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt. Published annually, The Year's Best reprints select short stories by authors who either have Australian citizenship, or reside in Australia. Each volume also lists recommended reading for the year. Recommended reading lists have been produced for 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Titles
- Immaterial (2002), collected works of Robert HoodRob HoodRobert Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers. He has published five young adult novels, three collections of his short fiction, fifteen children's books and over 100 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas...
, ISBN 0958658366 - Rynosseros (2003), the first volume of the Tom Tyson saga, by Terry DowlingTerry DowlingTerence William Dowling, born at Lystra Private Hospital , is an Australian writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer...
, ISBN 095865834X - Wonder Years: The Ten Best Australian Stories of a Decade Past (2003), selected by Peter McNamara, ISBN 0958658374
- Confessions of a Pod Person (2005), collected works of Chuck McKenzieChuck McKenzie-Biography:McKenzie was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1970. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing & Literature. During his life McKenzie has worked various jobs including a commercial artist, restaurant manager, entertainment consultant, and previously as a television...
, ISBN 0975785214 - A Tour Guide in Utopia (2005), collected works of Lucy SussexLucy SussexLucy Sussex is a fantasy and science fiction author, editor, academic and teacher currently residing in Melbourne, Australia.She is often associated with feminist science fiction.-Personal life:...
, ISBN 0975785206 - Written in Blood (2005), collected works of Chris LawsonChris Lawson-Biography:Lawson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1966. During his childhood Lawson spent time in New Guinea where his father worked as a biologist on a crocodile farm and his mother studied psychology of personal identity. Later he studied medicine in which he has attained a graduate...
, ISBN 0958658390 - The Year's Best Australian SF & Fantasy, One (2005), ed. Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt, ISBN 0975773607
- The Year's Best Australian SF & Fantasy, Two (2006), ed. Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt, ISBN 097577361-5
- The Year's best Australian SF & Fantasy, Third Annual Volume (2007), edited by Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt, ISBN 9780975773628