TY - ABST T1 - The Transfer Station Y1 - 1989 A1 - Russell Haley (1934-2016) KW - Aotearoa New Zealand author KW - Australian author KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

A connected series of short stories presenting an ecological dystopia. A part of the coast has been destroyed for the convenience of a refuse station, which pumps waste into the sea, which has killed all marine life, and the fumes from the station have killed most of the plant life in the area. France controls New Zealand, and New Zealanders are expected to speak French. Youth despair and the suicide rate is high.

PB - Nagare Press CY - Palmerston North N1 -

Rpt. with minor corrections in A Spider-Web Season & The Transfer Station: Two Story Sequences (Christchurch: Hazard Press, 2000), 126-86. Three of the stories were previously published--“Ash.” Landfall 167 42.3 (September 1988): 232-33; “Out on the Coast.” Metro 9.91 (January 1989): 106-07, 109; and “The Preacher.” Landfall 167 42.3 (September 1988): 228-32. 

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ATL, VUW

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Settlement Y1 - 1986 A1 - Russell Haley (1934-2016) KW - Aotearoa New Zealand author KW - Australian author KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia. New Zealand being taken over by its military. The novel focuses on an old man living in a hospital complex and observing the activities around him; thus, the developing dystopia is largely in the background except for times when it directly affects his life.

PB - Hodder and Stoughton CY - Auckland, New Zealand N1 -

Part originally published as "The Middle of the Mere." Landfall, no. 155 (39.3) (September 1985): 269-88.

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ATL, IU, VUW

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