Australian science fiction

Australian science fiction became a notable field of world's science-fiction literature around 1960s. In 1966 Australian Science-Fiction Review was first published; in 1969 it was joined by the SF Commentary and the Ditmar Awards, given to the best SF in the world and Australia, established. The first Australian World Science Fiction Convention (Aussiecon) was held in 1975 in Melbourne. The number of authors and publications grew, particularly with the field of short fiction becoming established by mid 1980s. The first professional australian sci-fi magazine in was published that decade ('Omega Science Digest); in the 1990s it was joined by the Aurealis: The Australian Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and The Journal of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy.

Donald H. Tuck, an amateur scholar from Tasmania, has written the first major encyclopedia of SF, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, in three parts (1974, 1978, 1983), receiving the 1984 Hugo Award for hos contribution. Another Austrian, Peter Nicholls, got a Hugo on 1980 and a shared one in 1985 (for a revised version) of a similar critical review of world's sci-fi, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

David G. Hartwell noted that while there is perhaps "nothing essentially Australian about Australian science-fiction", many Australian science-fiction (and fantasy and horror) writers consider themselves international English language writers.

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Writers

Notable Australian sci-fi and fantasy writers include:

Reference

Damien Broderick, Introduction, in David G. Hartwell, Damien Broderick (ed.), Centaurus: The best of Australian science fiction, Tor Books, 1999m ISBN 0312865562, p.10.21 and David. G. Hartwell, The other editor's introduction, ibid., p.22-25

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