Blue Tyson

TitleBlue Tyson
Year for Search1992
AuthorsDowling, Terry [Terence William](b. 1947)
Date Published1992
PublisherAphelion Publications
Place PublishedNorth Adelaide, SA, Australia
KeywordsAustralian author, Male author
Annotation

Linked collection of stories continuing his Rynosseros series. In one of the stories, "Going to the Angels" (39-73) the Tribes have orbiting satellites where Nationals can serve as menials, but they can never return to Earth or communicate freely with Earth and are generally badly treated. An addition that fits between 1992 and 1993 Dowling is “The Library.” X6 A Novellanthology. Ed. Keith Stevenson ([Bentley, VIC, Australia]: Coeur de Lion, 2009), 505-636. Rpt. in his Amberjack: Tales of Fear and Wonder (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2010), 263-358 with an “Afterword” (359-60); and in The Complete Rynosseros: The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros. Volume I (Hornsea, Eng.: PS Publishing/Drugstore Indian Press, 2020), 489-591. See also 1990, 1993, 2007, and 2009 Dowling; and “Songs from the Inland Sea: Writing the Tom Rynosseros Series.” The Complete Rynosseros: The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros. Volume III (Hornsea, Eng.: PS Publishing/Drugstore Indian Press, 2020), 1-124. The volume also contains Dowling’s “Dancing with Scheherazade: Some Reflections in a Djinni’s Glass” (125-40); originally published in Parabolas of Science Fiction. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. Ed. Brian Attebery and Veronica Hollinger (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013), 24-35; Richard Scott, “The Adventures of Tom Ryosseros: One Reader’s View” (141-153); originally published online in October 2007; and an “Author’s Note” (155-56).

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Complete Rynosseros: The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros. Volume I (Hornsea, Eng.: PS Publishing/Drugstore Indian Press, 2020), 252-488. Parts were published separately as "A Dragon Between His Fingers." Omega Science Digest (Sydney, NSW, Australia), [no. 31] (May/June 1986): 110-17; rpt. in Matilda at the Speed of Light. Ed. Damien [Francis] Broderick (North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1988), 1-20; and "Vanities." 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), 49-60. "Privateers' Moon" was rpt. in Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction. Ed. David G. Hartwell and Damien [Francis] Broderick (New York: Tor, 1999), 273-98; and in his Make Believe: A Terry Dowling Reader (Greenwood, WA, Australia: Ticonderoga Publications, 2009), 277-304

Info Notes

.An addition that fits between 1992 and 1993 Dowling is “The Library.” X6 A Novellanthology. Ed. Keith Stevenson ([Bentley, VIC, Australia]: Coeur de Lion, 2009), 505-636. Rpt. in his Amberjack: Tales of Fear and Wonder (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2010), 263-358 with an “Afterword” (359-60); and in The Complete Rynosseros: The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros. Volume I (Hornsea, Eng.: PS Publishing/Drugstore Indian Press, 2020), 489-591. See also “Songs from the Inland Sea: Writing the Tom Rynosseros Series.” The Complete Rynosseros: The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros. Volume III (Hornsea, Eng.: PS Publishing/Drugstore Indian Press, 2020), 1-124. The volume also contains Dowling’s “Dancing with Scheherazade: Some Reflections in a Djinni’s Glass” (125-40); originally published in Parabolas of Science Fiction. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. Ed. Brian Attebery and Veronica Hollinger (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013), 24-35; Richard Scott, “The Adventures of Tom Ryosseros: One Reader’s View” (141-153); originally published online in October 2007; and an “Author’s Note” (155-56).

Author Note

Australian author (b. 1947).

Full Text

1992 Dowling, Terry [Terence William] (b. 1947). Blue Tyson. North Adelaide, SA, Australia: Aphelion Publications. Rpt. in The Complete Rynosseros: The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros. Volume I (Hornsea, Eng.: PS Publishing/Drugstore Indian Press, 2020), 252-488. Parts were published separately as “A Dragon Between His Fingers.” Omega Science Digest (Sydney, NSW, Australia), [no. 31] (May/June 1986): 110-17; rpt. in Matilda at the Speed of Light. Ed. Damien [Francis] Broderick (North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1988), 1-20; and “Vanities.” 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), 49-60. “Privateers’ Moon” was rpt. in Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction. Ed. David G. Hartwell and Damien [Francis] Broderick (New York: Tor, 1999), 273-98; and in his Make Believe: A Terry Dowling Reader (Greenwood, WA, Australia: Ticonderoga Publications, 2009), 277-304.

Linked collection of stories continuing his Rynosseros series. In one of the stories, “Going to the Angels” (39-73) the Tribes have orbiting satellites where Nationals can serve as menials, but they can never return to Earth or communicate freely with Earth and are generally badly treated. An addition that fits between 1992 and 1993 Dowling is “The Library.” X6 A Novellanthology. Ed. Keith Stevenson ([Bentley, VIC, Australia]: Coeur de Lion, 2009), 505-636. Rpt. in his Amberjack: Tales of Fear and Wonder (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2010), 263-358 with an “Afterword” (359-60); and in The Complete Rynosseros: The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros. Volume I (Hornsea, Eng.: PS Publishing/Drugstore Indian Press, 2020), 489-591. See also 1990, 1993, 2007, and 2009 Dowling; and “Songs from the Inland Sea: Writing the Tom Rynosseros Series.” The Complete Rynosseros: The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros. Volume III (Hornsea, Eng.: PS Publishing/Drugstore Indian Press, 2020), 1-124. The volume also contains Dowling’s “Dancing with Scheherazade: Some Reflections in a Djinni’s Glass” (125-40); originally published in Parabolas of Science Fiction. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. Ed. Brian Attebery and Veronica Hollinger (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013), 24-35; Richard Scott, “The Adventures of Tom Ryosseros: One Reader’s View” (141-153); originally published online in October 2007; and an “Author’s Note” (155-56). Australian author.