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    Aurealis #48
    Aurealis #48
    Aurealis #48
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    Aurealis #48

    By Dirk Strasser (Editor)

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    Aurealis is the Australian magazine of fantasy, science fiction and horror. Aurealis #48, edited by Dirk Strasser, features Matt Bissett-Johnson's graphic story 'The Descent of Traag', a ripping deep-space yarn by Rick Kennett, a subtle Greg Mellor tale of a digital artist who paints actual thoughts, and an article on Margaret Atwood's In Other Worlds, plus news, reviews and mor

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChimaera Publications
    Release dateMar 5, 2012
    ISBN9781922031020
    Aurealis #48
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    Dirk Strasser (Editor)

    Dirk Strasser has written over 30 books for major publishers in Australia and has been editing magazines and anthologies since 1990. He won a Ditmar for Best Professional Achievement and has been short-listed for the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards a number of times. His fantasy novels – including Zenith and Equinox – were originally published by Pan Macmillan in Australia and Heyne Verlag in Germany. His children’s horror/fantasy novel, Graffiti, was published by Scholastic. His short fiction has been translated into a number of languages, and his most recent publications are “The Jesus Particle” in Cosmos magazine, “Stories of the Sand” in Realms of Fantasy and “The Vigilant” in Fantasy magazine. He founded the Aurealis Awards and has co-published Aurealis magazine for over 20 years.

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      Aurealis #48 - Dirk Strasser (Editor)

      AUREALIS #48

      Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction

      Edited by Dirk Strasser and Carissa Thorp

      Published by Chimaera Publications at Smashwords

      Copyright of this compilation Chimaera Publications 2012

      Copyright on each story remains with the contributor.

      EPUB version ISBN 978-1-922031-02-0

      ISSN 2200-307X (electronic)

      CHIMAERA PUBLICATIONS

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      Contents

      From the Cloud – Dirk Strasser

      The Descent of Traag – Matt Bissett-Johnson

      Thirty Minutes for New Hell – Rick Kennett

      Eyes of Fire in my Waking Dreams – Greg Mellor

      In Other Worlds – Crisetta MacLeod

      Reviews

      Carissa's Weblog – Carissa Thorp

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      Credits

      From the Cloud

      Dirk Strasser

      One of the regular advertisers recently asked what the hit rate was for the new Aurealis epublication. I had to explain the difference between epublications (which have 'downloads') versus online publications (which have 'hits'), but it brought up a valuable distinction.

      I know the two are superficially the same. An online magazine and an epublication magazine are both digital, they might even look identical—but from a psychological point of view I would say there is a world of difference. You only 'visit' an online magazine, while you 'own' an epublication. My feeling is readers are reluctant to pay for a visit online because it's temporary, an ephemeral experience. It's not yours and it can be taken from you at any time.

      On the other hand epublications are owned. They live on your device. It's through this permanence that the reader develops a relationship with the work. Epublications share this feature with hard copy books. You can't have this relationship with an online publication.

      Of course, the ownership on an eReader is arguably illusory, as Amazon demonstrated in 2009 when it remotely deleted (for copyright reasons) some digital editions Orwell's 1984 from the Kindles of readers who had bought it. But the furore that surrounded this action proves my point about the psychological value of ownership.

      This why Chimaera Publications went down the epublication route with Aurealis magazine and its Aurealis book imprint rather that online route. Only time will tell whether we were right.

      I hope you enjoy this issue which opens with an Aurealis first, a graphic story: 'The Descent of Traag' by Matt Bissett-Johnson. We also have a ripping deep-space yarn by long-time Aurealis favourite, Rick Kennett, a subtle Greg Mellor tale of a digital artist who paints actual thoughts, and an extended review of Margaret Atwood's In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination by Crisetta MacLeod, as well as the usual reviews and news.

      All the best from the cloud.

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      The Writer and Illustrator: Matt Bissett-Johnson

      Matt Bissett-Johnson currently works as a cartoonist for the Melbourne Observer, Heavy Duty magazine, the AEU News, the Australian Nursing Journal and various other freelance endeavors. In the past he worked as an animator/writer for ABC Television, and these days exhibits his animation with the Fresh Media Group, a multimedia collective. He occasionally exhibits paintings and etchings and also works as a caricature artist. You can see some of his cartoons at mattbj.blogspot.com.

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      Thirty Minutes for New Hell

      Rick Kennett

      What are they doing?

      Cy De Gerch leaned forward and peered at the scene on one of her repeater screens. A few minutes ago, there in the middle of a New Hell desert viewed from a high-orbit drone, the Dhooj's vehicle had suddenly stopped—skidding on its six balloon tyres, spraying red dust. Yet none of its crew, clad in their vacuum suits and transparent helmets, had so far emerged.

      Which was odd, and Cy knew it. Ever since their landing on New Hell two days ago the Dhooj had been trundling along, setting up experiments, making observations, and reporting excitedly back to their home world thirty

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