TY - ABST T1 - “And the Ship Sails On” Y1 - 2018 A1 - Cat[riona] Sparks (b. 1965) ED - Russell B. Farr KW - Australian author KW - Female author AB -

The story is set on a cruise ship that has been sailing for what seems to be decades after climate change has led to sea level rises that has flooded most of the land. A highly structured, class-based society has evolved that the older people are desperate to keep.

JF - Aurum: A Golden Anthology of Australian Fantasy PB - Ticonderoga Publications CY - Greenwood, WA, Australia SN - 9781925212341 978-1-912950676 N1 -

Rpt. in her Dark Harvest ([Weston, Eng.]: NewCon Press, 2020), 125-59, with a brief author’s note on 159.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Pinion" Y1 - 2018 A1 - Stephanie Gunn ED - Russell B. Farr KW - Australian author KW - Female author AB -

As suggest by the book’s subtitle, there is much fantasy, but the setting is a future dystopia in which only the Chosen, who live in immaculate towers, have clean air and water, fresh food, and sanitation. The workers put in extremely long hours in appalling conditions to ensure that the system supporting the Chosen is maintained.

JF - Aurum: A Golden Anthology of Australian Fantasy PB - Ticonderoga Publications CY - Greenwood, WA, Australia SN - 978-1-925212-34-1 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Adjudication" Y1 - 2007 A1 - Simon Brown (b. 1956) ED - Russell B. Farr ED - Nick Evans KW - Australian author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia. Extrapolation of working conditions in private prisons as the prison companies go into business with criminals to keep prisons full.

JF - The Workers' Paradise PB - Ticonderoga Publishers CY - Greenwood, WA, Australia U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "After the Choice" Y1 - 2007 A1 - Robin Hillard (b. 1939) ED - Russell B. Farr ED - Nick Evans KW - Australian author KW - Female author AB -

Dystopia of the erosion of labor laws in Australia, but when people become aware of the horrible conditions, there is the beginning of a change back.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Black and Bitter, Thanks" Y1 - 2007 A1 - Nathan Burrage ED - Russell B. Farr ED - Nick Evans KW - Australian author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia. Australia has too few working young to support the pensions of the old and introduces a system in which people vote on those who should lose their pensions and be placed in what are essentially prisons.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Magdas Career Choice" Y1 - 2007 A1 - [Rowena Cory] [Lindquist] (b. 1958) ED - Russell B. Farr ED - Nick Evans KW - Australian author KW - Female author AB -

Dystopia in which the Society of Social Engineers have supposedly solved all Australia’s problems. Only those testing as having exceptional abilities have careers. One handicapped person’s career is to be the “scape-grace” (See 2001 Lindquist). A related non-utopian story is "Purgatory." Dreaming Again. Ed. Jack [Mayo] Dann (Sydney, NSW, Australia: HarperCollins Australia, 2008), 412-24, with an "Afterword" (424).

JF - The Worker's Paradise PB - Ticonderoga Publishers CY - Greenwood, WA, Australia U3 -

Cory Daniels [pseud.]

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "MTP" Y1 - 2007 A1 - George Ivanoff (b. 1968) ED - Russell B. Farr ED - Nick Evans KW - Australian author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia. Addictive drugs are used to attract and keep best employees.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Rapturama" Y1 - 2007 A1 - Roland Boer A1 - Matthew Chrulew ED - Russell B. Farr ED - Nick Evans KW - Australian author KW - Male author AB -

Eutopian and dystopian satire. The first Artificial Intelligence is developed and programmed to be God by fundamentalist Christians in the U.S. It is used to rapture the right people into the heaven of virtual existence (see 1 Corinthians 15:52 and 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17). Hackers help God to  escape the fundamentalist limits, and God welcomes people of all beliefs. God also chooses some to remain to service the systems, and these create a low population, environmentally sound eutopia. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Right to Work" Y1 - 2007 A1 - Cat[riona] Sparks (b. 1965) ED - Russell B. Farr ED - Nick Evans KW - Australian author KW - Female author AB -

Dystopia. The elimination of pensions means that the old must work while the young play. Workers are considered lower class.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Working Dead of Heehaw's Australia" Y1 - 2007 A1 - Jenny Schwartz ED - Russell B. Farr ED - Nick Evans KW - Australian author KW - Female author AB -

Dystopia. As a result of deliberate cuts in health care and the elimination of workplace rights, a large supply of zombies is available to replace workers. A direct commentary on the policies of John Howard (b. 1939), Australian Prime Minister 1996-2007.

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