Aurealis #159
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In his Editorial in Aurealis #159, Dirk Strasser asks the question: ‘Does the wave of AIs with natural language capabilities herald the end of fiction?’—and provides some intriguing answers. Three human-created stories follow. In ‘A Dead World Wakens’, Amy Dawn Buchan has a unique take on a post-apocalyptic Earth, combining the concept with alien colonisation and the ethical conundrum of reviving an extinct species. J R Dunbar’s ‘The Bridge from the City Midst’ is a thoughtful tale of the loss of health, faith, life, and purpose. ‘Are you Shivering?’ by John W M Thompson is an ominous story, with a sympathetic and realistic depiction of mental illness mirrored in the disintegration of reality. Our three human-created articles follow. Stuart Olver revisits The Good Place five years in ‘Holy Forking Shirtballs! Ani White gives us ‘Everything for Everyone: A Utopian Novel Without Illusions’. Claire Fitzpatrick takes a look at ‘The Continuing Longevity of Speculative Fiction Spinoffs’. And don’t forget to check out the original artwork and the many reviews of the latest SF.
Dirk Strasser (Editor)
Dirk Strasser has written over 30 books for major publishers in Australia and has been editing magazines and anthologies since 1990. He won a Ditmar for Best Professional Achievement and has been short-listed for the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards a number of times. His fantasy novels – including Zenith and Equinox – were originally published by Pan Macmillan in Australia and Heyne Verlag in Germany. His children’s horror/fantasy novel, Graffiti, was published by Scholastic. His short fiction has been translated into a number of languages, and his most recent publications are “The Jesus Particle” in Cosmos magazine, “Stories of the Sand” in Realms of Fantasy and “The Vigilant” in Fantasy magazine. He founded the Aurealis Awards and has co-published Aurealis magazine for over 20 years.
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