Of course, if you're paying attention, that's an intentional feature of Claire G. Was I missing clues to a larger mystery? Were there adjectives that I was misreading or apparently historical references that I was misinterpreting? Where, to be blunt, was all the science fiction? And yet, by a hundred pages in, I was starting to doubt what everyone and everything (including the book's own blurb) was telling me. I'd seen the book recommended on speculative sites, I'd read enough about it to know that its take on colonisation and extermination of indigineous people was almost but not quite based on the experience of Australia's indigenous communities following the British invasion in 1788. | Australia - Colonial influence - Fiction.I thought I knew what to expect, going in to Terra Nullius. | Aboriginal Australians - Australia - Fiction. | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Modern & contemporary fiction. | Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-apocalyptic. 'A delightfully duplicitous noodle-bender that flips the script on the Indigenous Australian survival narrative.' - Kirkus Reviews.ĭescription based on CIP data resource not viewedĭystopian & utopian fiction. This is an incredible debut from a striking new Australian Aboriginal voice. This TERRA NULLIUS is something new, but all too familiar. This is not the Australia of our history. Families are torn apart, reeducation is enforced.
The Settlers are eager to have a nation of peace, and to bring the savages into line.
All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. SHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE 2018 Highly Commended in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017 Shortlisted for the ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writers 2018 Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for a Science Fiction Novel 2017 Longlisted for the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018 Nominated for Ditmar Award Best New Talent 2018 'Artfully combining elements of literary, historical, and speculative fiction, this allegorical novel is surprising and unforgettable' - starred review, Publishers Weekly 'The truth that lies at the heart of this novel is impossible to ignore.' - Books+Publishing 'a skilfully constructed pastiche of colonisation, resistance and apocalyptic chaos with parallels that sit unsettlingly close to home' - The Big Issue Jacky was running. Sydney, New South Wales : Hachette Australia, 2017 National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia.
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