{"id":269,"date":"2008-03-02T17:05:03","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T07:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/03\/02\/now-available-the-workers-paradise\/"},"modified":"2008-03-02T17:11:18","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T07:11:18","slug":"now-available-the-workers-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/03\/02\/now-available-the-workers-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Now available: The Workers’ Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Workers’ Paradise<\/strong>, edited by Russell B. Farr and Nick Evans and published by Ticonderoga Publications, is one of the most exciting anthologies I’ve been in for a while. Though the editors’ description of it may suggest that it is somewhat parochial in nature:<\/p>\n

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In this anthology, Australia’s finest speculative writers imagine what the future holds for the Australian worker<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I would argue in fact that, like all good fiction, the stories transcend any regional or localised focus, and make comment on issues of universal concern, addressing the nature of work and political\/employment relations in a speculative context. My own story, “Pseudomelia of the Masses”, is one that means a lot to me, being inspired by a close, long-term friend, David Young, who died unexpectedly as I began to write it. He is in some of the details, but he is also in much of the emotional drive that lies behind the characters and their relationship. In a way, the story is about his death.<\/p>\n

The Workers’ Paradise<\/em> is also a remarkably good-looking book when seen in the flesh:<\/p>\n

\"Workers\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Contents:<\/p>\n

“Ajudication” \u2014 Simon Brown
\n“The Working Dead of Heehaw’s Australia” \u2014 Jenny Schwartz
\n“Right to Work” \u2014 Cat Sparks
\n“Winning Ways” \u2014 D.W. Walker
\n“Night with the Stars Askew” \u2014 Rjurik Davidson
\n“Farmers John Pass Go” \u2014 Bill Congreve
\n“Magda’s Career Choice” \u2014 Rowena Cory Daniells
\n“MTP” \u2014 George Ivanoff
\n“His Lipstick Minx” \u2014 Kaaron Warren
\n“Seahoney” \u2014 Anna Tambour
\n“Black and Bitter” \u2014 Nathan Burrage
\n“Flystrike” \u2014 David J. Kane
\n“Rapturama” \u2014 Matthew Chrulew & Roland Boer
\n“After The Choice” \u2014 Robin Hillard
\n“Milk Across the Nation” \u2014 Ashley Arnold
\n“Pseudomelia of the Masses” \u2014 Robert Hood
\n“Arianne’s Event” \u2014 Susan Wardle
\n“Networking for Dummies” \u2014 Dirk Flinthart<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a terrific line-up and what I’ve read of the book so far is excellent. While overtly political, the stories resonate with humanity, emotion and good old-fashioned drama, running the gauntlet from light-hearted humour to dark seriousness.<\/p>\n

Check it out now — and order yourself a copy — here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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