@booklet {5042, title = {Down There In Darkness}, year = {1999}, note = {

Chapter 2 was originally published as \"Worlds.\"\ Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, no. 4\ (1.4) (March 1991): 36-58.

}, month = {1999}, publisher = {Tor}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The novel begins in a future dystopia of class-stratification and then shifts a hundred years further into the future where an attempt to create a eutopia is being worked out. There is considerable reflection on the nature of utopianism. Sequel to 1993 Turner and related to 1989 Turner.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {4588, title = {Genetic Soldier}, year = {1994}, note = {

Rpt. New York: AvoNova, 1995.

}, month = {1994}, publisher = {William Morrow}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The novel begins in a simple, fairly primitive future earth that practices eugenics. Conflict arises when a starship returns from its search for a new earth.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {4485, title = {The Destiny Makers}, year = {1993}, month = {1993}, publisher = {William Morrow}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia of extreme overpopulation, corruption, and a radical gap between the rich and the poor. A plan had been developed to kill much of the world\’s population so that the earth can recover and much of the novel centers on personal and political intrigue. See also 1999 Turner.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {4186, title = {"I Still Call Australia Home"}, howpublished = {Aurealis (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)}, volume = {no. 1 }, year = {1990}, note = {

Rpt.in\ Metaworlds: Best Australian Science Fiction. Ed. Paul [A.] Collins (Ringwood, VIC, Australia: Penguin Books Australia, 1994), 197-218.

}, month = {1990}, pages = {63-76}, abstract = {

Returning spaceship discovers an Earth destroyed by their generation and regenerating into a religious matriarchy which rejects them. Presented as a troubled utopia that is clearly better than the past, which, from our perspective, would be the near-term future.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {3890, title = {The Sea and Summer}, year = {1987}, note = {

Rpt. London: Grafton, 1989. U.S. ed. as\ Drowning Towers. New York: Arbor House/William Morrow, 1988. Part originally published as \"The Fittest.\"\ Urban Fantasies. Ed. David King and Russell Blackford (Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Ebony Books, 1985), 105-31. Story rpt. in his\ A Pursuit of Miracles\ (North Adelaide, SA, Australia: Aphelion Publications, 1990), 175-207; and in\ Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF. Ed. Terry Dowling and Van Ikin (Rydalmere, NSW, Australia: Hodder \& Stoughton (Australia), 1993), 229-62.

}, month = {1987}, publisher = {Faber and Faber}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Class divided future dystopia.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {7004, title = {"Not in Front of the Children"}, howpublished = {Aphelion (Adelaide, SA, Australia)}, volume = {no. 5 }, year = {1986}, note = {

Rpt. in Matilda at the Speed of Light. Ed. Damien [Francis] Broderick (North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus \& Robertson, 1988), 152-74; and in his A Pursuit of Miracles (North Adelaide, SA, Australia: Aphelion Publications, 1990), 37-60.

}, month = {Summer 1986/87)}, pages = {10-18}, abstract = {

Dystopia. Generational conflict in a society with eight generations alive at the same time. Presents the radical separation between the generations of the extremely wealthy who could afford longevity treatments and between them and the majority who could not.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {3786, title = {"Shut the Door When You Go Out"}, howpublished = {Aphelion (Adelaide, SA, Australia)}, volume = {no. 4 }, year = {1986}, note = {

Rpt. in his A Pursuit of Miracles (North Adelaide, SA, Australia: Aphelion Publications, 1990), 85-91; in Glass Reptile Breakout and Other Australian Speculative Fiction. Ed. Van Ikin ([Perth, WA, Australia]: The Centre for the Study of Australian Literature, University of Western Australia, 1990), 139-43; and in Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (Perth, WA, Australia), no. 25/26 (October 1997): 53-57.\ 

}, month = {Spring 1986}, pages = {13-15}, abstract = {

Development of the hypothesis that the earth is a living entity. All of humanity has become a part of the Nexus, which, together with the earth, acts as one being.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {3459, title = {Yesterday{\textquoteright}s Men}, year = {1983}, month = {1983}, publisher = {Faber and Faber}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Final volume of a trilogy. In this volume conflict develops between earth and the Lagrangists, who live in satellites and plan to begin exploring space. See 1978 and 1981 Turner.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {3315, title = {Vaneglory: A Science Fiction Novel}, year = {1981}, month = {1981}, publisher = {Faber and Faber}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Middle volume of a trilogy set in a future dystopia. In this volume the society evolving at the end of the previous volume has to deal with the discovery of a group of humans who do not die. See also 1978 and 1983 Turner.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {3020, title = {Beloved Son}, year = {1978}, month = {1978}, publisher = {Faber \& Faber}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Post-catastrophe dystopia. Complex new society established to be a eutopia, but it has serious problems. At the end of this volume, the dystopia is being replaced in the name of a new eutopia, which looks to be set to become the next dystopia. First volume of a trilogy; see 1981 and 1983 Turner.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)} } @booklet {3021, title = {"In a Petri Dish, Upstairs"}, howpublished = {Rooms of Paradise}, year = {1978}, note = {

Rpt. in\ The Best Science Fiction of the Year $\#$9. Ed. Terry Carr (New York: Ballantine Books, 1980), 325-59; in his\ A Pursuit of Miracles\ (North Adelaide, SA, Australia: Aphelion Publications, 1990), 131-64; and in\ The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection. Ed. Rob Gerrand (Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Black Inc., 2004), 211-38.

}, month = {1978}, pages = {152-82}, publisher = {Quartet}, address = {Melbourne, VIC, Australia}, abstract = {

Elements of both eutopia and dystopia. A new society emerges in satellites orbiting Earth. The society has common property, authoritarian \"communal fathers\", and a system of effective slavery. Earth also has centralized power, but, with a dramatically lower population brought about by a series of catastrophes, it has abundance for all. The story is about conflicts between the satellites and Earth.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {George [Reginald] Turner (1916-97)}, editor = {Lee [John] Harding (1937-2023)} }