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BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM FORD STREET PUBLISHING
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The Spell of Undoing
by Paul Collins
ISBN: 978-1-876462-53-6
RRP: $15.95 Paperback
Calamity has befallen the city of Quentaris! Due to a vengeful plot by warlike Tolrush (which backfires), Quentaris is uprooted—city, cliff-face, harbour and all—and hurled into the uncharted rift-maze. Lost and adrift in this endless labyrinth of parallel universes, encountering both friend and foe and facing unknown dangers, Quentaris must somehow forge a new identity and find its way home.
But there are other surprises too. When Quentaris gets over its shock, it discovers that it’s not only lost in some other universe, but now it is a floating city, adrift high above an unknown land, at the mercy of the winds.
Quentaris must somehow forge a new identity and find its way home.
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The Equen Queen
by Alyssa Brugman
ISBN: 978-1-876462-59-8
RRP: $15.95 Paperback
The Equen Queen is the second book in the highly successful series: Quentaris ? Quest of the Lost City and is the sequel to The Spell of Undoing by Paul Collins. While moored to a new world Quentaris is approached by another sky-city. The sky-traders on board seem friendly and generous, offering the Quentarans food and gems, but are in fact setting a trap for Quentaris.
What are the equens and can they really heal the sick? Despite losing her special powers Tab Vidler must find some answers fast, before all is lost.
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Trust Me!
Edited by Paul Collins with an introduction by Isobelle Carmody
ISBN: 978-1-876462-57-4
RRP: $22.95 Paperback
Trust Me! features original contributions by 50 of Australia’s best known children’s authors, poets and illustrators. Stories and poems cover all genres, mystery, romance, crime, fantasy, SF, humour and more. Contributors include: Andy Griffiths, Shaun Tan, Gary Crew, Phillip Gwynne, Catherine Bateson, Steven Herrick, Allan Baillie, Sofie Laguna, Leigh Hobbs, Marc McBride, Mitch Vane, Michael Wagner, David Metzenthen and many others.
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The Ice-cream Man
by Jenny Mounfield
ISBN: 978-1-876462-68-0
RRP: $16.95
One summer afternoon three boys play a prank on the ice-cream man. This one decision sets into motion a chain of events that will forge a life-long bond, testing each boy as never before. Three boys united by fear and their need for friendship. Three boys united against the ice-cream man.
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Wardragon
by Paul Collins
ISBN: 978-1-876462-58-1
RRP $23.95 Paperback
“Wardragon is the culmination of The Jelindel Chronicles in a soaring saga. Finally Jelindel, with her allies, Zimak and Daretor, has tracked the alien mailshirt across two radically different worlds. But the journey is perilous when each step is lined with flying beasts, metal wasps, mercenaries and assassins . . . and the mailshirt linked up with the evil Preceptor to create a deadly enemy. All Jelindel has is a little magic, Zimak’s wit and Daretor’s sword to scrape through and that is not enough.
Collins captures a terrifying, tense world with a touch of humour and holds it to the last shattering battle.” ALLAN BAILLIE
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Before the Storm
by Sean McMullen
ISBN: 978-1-876462-50-5
RRP: $19.95 Paperback
Fox
and BC travel through time from the distant future to 1901. Elite
cadets in the Imperial Army, they are young, handsome, well-mannered
... and now, mutineers. They have journeyed into the past to save the
opening ceremony of Australia's first parliament from being bombed. If
the cadets fail, thousands will die, sparking a century of total war.
However, to change the destiny of the world, the young warriors will
need the help of three ordinary teenagers...
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Pool
by Justin D'Ath
ISBN: 978-1-876462-51-2
RRP: $19.95 Paperback
Something
strange has happened to the public swimming pool in New Lourdes,
Victoria. The water is no longer level and is rumoured to have curative
powers. When sixteen-year-old Wolfgang Mulqueen takes a summer job at
the pool, he meets Audrey, a blind girl who claims she's nocturnal.
With the discovery of a butterfly unknown to science, and an unusual
request from Audrey's father, Wolfgang finds himself inextricably drawn
into an eighteen-year-old mystery, the tragic resolution of which will
change his life forever.
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OTHER BOOKS
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The Earthborn
by Paul Collins
ISBN: 0-765-34199-9
RRP: $12.95 Paperback
- “I insist that if you read only one science fiction book in your life, read The Earthborn” Donna Jones ─ www.sfcrowsnest.com
- “... certainly worthy of sitting on the same shelf with early Heinlein and Norton” Don D’ammassa ─ Chronicle
- “The
Earthborn manages to avoid the mundane by fast-paced narrative and
believable young characters, a combination which will clearly appeal to
his intended read audience” Jeff Popple ─ The Canberra Times
- “This
is a book which can be read on a number of levels: as a challenging
social comment or as a gripping adventure story. Here’s hoping that the
sequel is not long in coming”. EB – Viewpoint
- “The
story is fast paced and reminiscent of John Marsden’s Tomorrow series.
This is a worthy edition to a school library collection”. Lesley Boon ─ Fiction Focus
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The Skyborn
by Paul Collins
ISBN: 0-765-31273-5
RRP: $32.95 Hardcover
- “Collins
trains an unflinching gaze on classic science fiction themes. Welkin’s
gritty adventures to challenge his faith in vision of the Skyborn and
land him a battle to save cilvilisation on Earth. The pace moves
quickly . . . ” Publishers Weekly
- “Collins
. . . successfully puts his stamp on the post-disaster genre with this
energetic, colourfully detailed young-adult actioner” Zero G
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The Hiveborn
by Paul Collins
ISBN: 0-9726051-8-5
RRP: $32.95 Hardcover
- “Collins
weaves a fast-paced, unpretentious narrative, particularly aimed at
younger readers, culminating in a dramatic conclusion with the Hiveborn
Queen” THE CANBERRA TIMES
- “For SF enthusiasts this will be compelling reading” AROUND THE BOOKSHOPS
- “Collins creates an epic, action-packed finale to his trilogy” THE AGE
- “. . .exciting and fast-paced saga of conflict . . . The Hiveborn is an exciting science fiction adventure” MIDWEST REVIEW
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Cyberskin
by Paul Collins
ISBN: 1-876462-11-6
RRP: $14.95 Paperback
- “Paul
Collins has successfully created an apocalyptic action-packed
nightmare, escalating some of our worst present day fears into the not
so distant future” AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW
- “Cyberskin
is strangely compelling and enjoyable contemporary science fiction,
built around an off-kilter view of a world we may already inhabit” THE SUNDAY AGE
- “…
Paul Collins deserves the title of ‘Father of Contemporary Australian
Genre Fiction … Cyberskin has a wicked satirical setting … it’s a
blazingly-paced techno-noir adventure” ZERO G.
- “Action-packed, hard-edged and exciting, this is Travis McGee in cyberspace all the way” TERRY DOWLING
- “It’s got it all. Good plot, interesting characters and a morbidly fascinating setting. I’d certainly recommend it” FRONTIER
- “Cyberskin
is way cool: this is cyber-streetsmart fiction that zooms along at the
speed of light. This is tough, incisive thriller fiction” VAN IKIN
- “Paul Collins’ Cyberskin makes Bladerunner seem positively emaciated. Hard driving cyberpunk novel with a film noir backdrop” THE CANBERRA TIMES
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Metaworlds
edited by Paul Collins
ISBN: 0-14-023766-6
RRP: $15.95 Paperback
By
turns chilling and satirical, visionary and elegiac, twelve Australian
masters of SF explore our past and future, shaping tales of
transmutation and rebirth. This collection of award-winning and
poll-topping stories reflects the wealth of talent and imagination at
work in contemporary Australian writing. Authors include Sean McMullen,
Greg Egan and David Lake.
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The Government in Exile
by Paul Collins
ISBN: 0-646-19774-6
RRP: $14.95 Paperback
- “This
is largely what SF is all about: presenting plausible themes to suggest
that things such as invisibility, Jekyll & Hyde potions, creation
of Frankenstein monsters, the rebirth of dinosaurs, et al, might be
possible. SF is an explorative genre, and here Paul Collins explores” JACK WODHAMS.
- “These stories may begin softly-softly but they carry a sting in the tail” George Turner
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“Australia is not the science fiction capital of the world; in fact we
are probably not even on the map. This unfortunate fact would change if
we could produce more writers like Paul Collins” AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW
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