"The Government in Exile"

Title"The Government in Exile"
Year for Search1985
AuthorsCollins, Paul [A.](b. 1954)
Secondary AuthorsKing, David, and Blackford, Russell [Kenneth]
Secondary TitleUrban Fantasies
Pagination83-91
Date Published1985
PublisherEbony Books
Place PublishedMelbourne, VIC, Australia
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Australian author, English author, Male author
Annotation

Dystopia of violence and class division. A completely collapsed system in which everyone has quit trying, and the unemployed are killed for sport and food. 

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his The Government in Exile and other stories (Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Sumeria, 1994), 25-36; and in The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection. Ed. Rob Gerrand (Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Black Inc., 2004), 326-34.

Holding Institutions

A, ATL, M, Merril

Author Note

The author (b. 1954) was born in the England, grew up in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and moved to Australia in 1972.

Full Text

1985 Collins, Paul [A.] (b. 1954). “The Government in Exile.” Urban Fantasies. Ed. David King and Russell [Kenneth] Blackford (Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Ebony Books, 1985) 83-91. Rpt. in his The Government in Exile and other stories (Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Sumeria, 1994), 25-36; and in The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection. Ed. Rob Gerrand (Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Black Inc., 2004), 326-34. A, ATL, M, Merril

Dystopia of violence and class division. A completely collapsed system in which everyone has quit trying, and the unemployed are killed for sport and food. The author was born in the England, grew up in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and moved to Australia in 1972.