The Halfmen of O

TitleThe Halfmen of O
Year for Search1982
AuthorsGee, Maurice [Gough](b. 1931)
Date Published1982
PublisherOxford University Press
Place PublishedAuckland, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Male author
Annotation

First volume in a young adult trilogy. This volume describes an authoritarian dystopia with fantasy elements set on the Planet O where good and evil have become separated and a young girl from Earth brings them back together to free those who were dominated by evil. In addition to the humans who are evil, the planet has a number of sentient life forms, such as bird people and seafolk, who help her and two others from Earth. See also 1984 and 1985 Gee.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. Auckland, New Zealand: Puffin Books, 1984. Extract rpt. in Monsters in the Garden: An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ed. Elizabeth Knox and David Larsen (Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington Press, 2020), 67-92. 

Holding Institutions

ATL, PSt

Author Note

Aotearoa/New Zealand author (b. 1931).

Full Text

1982 Gee, Maurice [Gough] (b. 1931). The Halfmen of O. Auckland, New Zealand: Oxford University Press. Rpt. Auckland, New Zealand: Puffin Books, 1984. Extract rpt. in Monsters in the Garden: An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ed. Elizabeth Knox and David Larsen (Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington Press, 2020), 67-92. ATL, PSt

First volume in a young adult trilogy. This volume describes an authoritarian dystopia with fantasy elements set on the Planet O where good and evil have become separated and a young girl from Earth brings them back together to free those who were dominated by evil. In addition to the humans who are evil, the planet has a number of sentient life forms, such as bird people and seafolk, who help her and two others from Earth. See also 1984 and 1985 Gee. Aotearoa/New Zealand author.