Metaworlds: Best Australian Science Fiction, Paul Collins, Penguin Books, 1994, 0140237666, 9780140237665, . Collection of the most popular short stories written by Australian science fiction authors. The stories, chosen by computer on the basis of reader polls, share themes including birth, rebirth and transmutation. Story authors include George Turner, Damien Broderick, , , Greg Egan, Jack Wodhams, Stephen Dedman, Leanne Frahm, David Lake and Dirk Strasser. The editor is author of 'Hot Lead, Cold Sweat'..

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Collection of the most popular short stories written by Australian science fiction authors. The stories, chosen by computer on the basis of reader polls, share themes including birth, rebirth and transmutation. Story authors include George Turner, Damien Broderick, Rosaleen Love, Terry Dowling, Greg Egan, Jack Wodhams, Stephen Dedman, Leanne Frahm, David Lake and Dirk Strasser. The editor is author of 'Hot Lead, Cold Sweat'.

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Series: y Worlds: Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Paul Collins (editor), Void Publications (publisher), Cory and Collins (publisher), Penguin (publisher), St Kilda : Void Publications , 1978 series - publisher short story Abstract In 1978, having published five issues of the Void Science Fiction and Fantasy, editor Paul Collins transformed the magazine into a series of hardcover original anthologies which were released under the collective 'Worlds' title. The proposed contents for issues 6, 7 and 8 of Void in fact became the contents of the first anthology, Envisaged Worlds. After closing down Void Publications in 1981 Collins published the latter anthologies through his new company, Cory and Collins. A final title in the "worlds" series, Metaworlds, was released in 1994 by Penguin.

— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (1-11) Abstract 'An apparently convenient way of studying Australian science fiction is to analyse the contents of ready-made anthologies of Australian science fiction. In doing so, the researcher discreetly circumvents the thorny issue of 'What is Australian?' and also 'What is science fiction?' by taking for granted that the texts within collections of Australian sf necessarily are Australian science fiction. Things, however, are never quite so simple and before being able to add to the debate as to what Australian science fiction truly is, it is necessary to overview the 50 odd years separating the most recent sf anthologies from the very first anthology showcasing Australian science fiction and to plot the meandering course of the genre's commercial development.' (Author's abstract)

Book Description: Ringwood, Vic. Penguin Books, 1994. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 220p. Illustrated wrappers. Contributors include George Turner, Greg Egan, Damien Broderick, Terry Dowling, et al. Previous onwer's name on preliminary, spine faded. A very good first printing. Bookseller Inventory # 20288H At the age of twenty-one Paul Collins began with a Western novel in 1975, Hot Lead – Cold Sweat, then decided to support his writing career by publishing a science fiction magazine, Void. While the magazine did not provide Paul with anything like a viable income, it actually broke even. This was a near-miraculous achievement for its time, and was typical of Paul’s future work, because he showed Australians how transform science fiction and fantasy publishing from a labour of love to a viable business proposition.

Paul published Void from 1975 to 1977, providing a venue for new authors, encouraging established authors like Jack Wodhams and Wynne Whiteford to begin writing again, and even reprinting works by overseas authors. In 1978 the magazine morphed into the Worlds anthology series, in which original Australian science fiction was showcased beside some early works of Australian fantasy. Paul had a particular interest in fantasy, and was the first to spot it as a strong, emerging field. His first professional fantasy story was published in the US magazine Weirdbook in 1977, and the Worlds series was pivotal in establishing fantasy in Australia.

The Worlds series was joined by science fiction and fantasy novels after 1981 when Paul teamed up with artist Rowena Cory to form the publishing venture Cory and Collins. In all, fourteen books were published under various incarnations of the company, featuring such authors as Keith Taylor and for fantasy, and A. Bertram Chandler, Wynne Whiteford, Jack Wodhams and David Lake for science fiction.

In 1985 Paul wound up his publishing activities to concentrate on his own writing, while supporting himself with a second-hand books and records shop. Two of the twelve dozen works to come out of this period were his cyberpunk novel Cyberskin, which was also published in America and Germany, and the short story collection The Government in Exile. In 1994 he took up the editorial blue pencil again as editor of Metaworlds for Penguin, which was an anthology of Australia’s best recent science fiction. This was soon followed by Strange Fruit, an anthology of rather more outré, literary fantasy.

The 1990s were the years that Australian fantasy and science fiction were discovered by commercial publishers, and Paul was a major player in this boom. His commercial success with fiction was such that he had to sell his shop because he was losing money by not writing full time. In 1999 he edited The Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy for Melbourne University Press (MUP), a work which became a major resource for teachers and librarians in search of Australian authors for school reading lists, and which won the William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review. In 2001 he won the inaugural Peter McNamara Award for lifetime achievement in SF, even though many of his greatest achievements were still ahead of him.

From the mid-90s Paul began to concentrate on children’s and Young Adult literature, and this has remained his main area of interest ever since. His Jelindel Chronicles and Earthborn Wars novels were highly popular in Australia and were republished internationally, while his shared world series the Quentaris Chronicles provided many opportunities for other authors to be published. In all, Paul has had a staggering 140 adult and young adult books published, in addition to a similar number of short stories. Two of his books, The Dog King and Home Run were named as Notable Books in the Children’s Book Council awards, and the series Spinouts Bronze, edited jointly by Meredith Costain, won the Aurealis Convenors’ Award.

In 2007 Paul returned to publishing with the launch of Ford Street Publishing. This specialist children’s publishing venture has, not surprisingly, been very successful, and provided an excellent market for both authors and illustrators. Justin D’Ath’s Pool and Dianne Bates’s Crossing the Line were short-listed for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and Shane Thamm’s My Private Pectus, was short-listed for the Territory Read Award.

Whether by giving writing workshops in schools, providing publishing opportunities for fellow authors, work for artists, or editing anthologies showcasing Australian science fiction and fantasy, Paul continues to be a major force in the promotion and recognition of Australia’s genre literature. Back in the years when writing science fiction was largely a hobby industry in this country, his writing success showed local authors like me that one can make a good living from writing science fiction and fantasy without moving overseas. If Australian science fiction and fantasy authors today can afford to write full time, expect a strong market for their work, and be sure of recognition, it is to a large degree because of the contribution that Paul has made in every facet of the field.

The first Chandler was presented in 1992 to Van Ikin at the National Science Fiction Convention, SynCon ‘92. Subsequent winners have been Mervyn Binns, George Turner, Wynne Whiteford, Grant Stone, Susan Batho (Smith-Clarke), Graham Stone, John Bangsund, John Foyster, Lucy Sussex, Lee Harding, Bruce Gillespie, Rosaleen Love and Damien Broderick.

Collins has written many books for younger readers. He is best known for his fantasy series, The Jelindel Chronicles (Dragonlinks, Dragonfang and Dragonsight — a fourth, Wardragon, has been written), and The Quentaris Chronicles (Swords of Quentaris, Slaves of Quentaris, Dragonlords of Quentaris, Princess of Shadows and The Forgotten Prince). His latest science fiction books are The Earthborn, The Skyborn and The Hiveborn, all published in the USA.

In addition to his novels, Collins has written over thirty chapter books, around thirty non-fiction hardcovers for the education market (published both in Australia and the USA), and two collections of his own stories. He co-edited four boxed sets of anthologies with Meredith Costain (Spinouts and Thrillogies), edited eleven trade anthologies, and was the principal editor of The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Paul Collins was born in England, raised in New Zealand and moved to Australia in 1972. His first published work was the Western novel Hot Lead-Cold Sweat (1975). That same year, in order to support himself so that he could write, Collins launched Void magazine, the first professional science fiction magazine Australia had seen since the demise of the joint Australian and British production Vision Of Tomorrow. Collins edited and published five issues of Void between August 1975 and March 1977, and while it only covered costs, the magazine was instrumental in encouraging lapsed writers Wynne Whiteford and Jack Wodhams to take up writing again, as well as encouraging a new generation of Australian science fiction writers and readers.

In 1978, Collins moved from magazine to book publishing, initially with the Worlds original anthology series, but later with a series of original Australian science fiction and fantasy novels. In 1981 Collins was joined by Rowena Cory (A.K.A. Cory Daniells) who painted many of the covers for their books, and Cory and Collins went on to publish fourteen Australian science fiction and fantasy novels by authors, such as Wynne Whiteford, A. Bertram Chandler, Jack Wodhams, Keith Taylor, Russell Blackford, and David Lake. With the posthumous publication of Chandler's novel The Wild Ones, however, Collins decided that publishing was interfering with his own writing and he closed the business.

Collins has a black belt in both Taekwondo and jujitsu, experience he puts to good use in his recent, fast-paced cyber-oriented tales, which have culminated in the cyberpunk novel Cyberskin. The latter has been published by clocktowerfiction.com (USA), Hybrid Publishers (Australia) and Heyne Verlag (Germany). His stories have sold to a wide variety of mainstream and genre magazines. The best of his work has been collected in The Government in Exile, published by Melbourne's Sumeria Press in 1994. A later collection, Stalking Midnight, has been published by cosmos.com in both POD and e-book.

Collins returned to editing in 1994 to compile Metaworlds, an anthology of Australia's best recent science fiction, for Penguin Books. This was followed by Strange Fruit, an anthology of tales with a literary bent. About this time Collins began to develop an interest in young adult literature, in terms of both his writing and editing. Angus & Robertson published his children's fantasy novel The Wizard's Torment, which was likened by Sophie Masson (Reading Time, May 1996) to the classic The Worm Ourobouros and The Well at the World's End. I t has since been selected by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training for their Bookshelf List, and extracts were published in School Magazine. Meanwhile, Collins compiled the young adult anthology Dream Weavers for Penguin, the first original Australian heroic fantasy anthology ever. This was followed by a similar book called Fantastic Worlds and the Shivers series of children's horror novels from HarperCollins. Hodder published Paul's next anthology, Tales from the Wasteland in 2000. Collins has also written under the name Marilyn Fate, and he and Sean McMullen have both used the pseudonym Roger Wilcox.

Collins' recent output has been mostly for children. Certainly the success of his YA anthology, Dream Weavers, and possibly its sequel, Fantastic Worlds, has encouraged him to write and edit for younger readers. His latest books, The Earthborn, a young adult science fiction novel, has sold to TOR in the States, and his 100,000 word fantasy novel, Dragonlinks, has been published by Penguin Australia.

He left the adult arena on a high: his story with , 'The Willcroft Inheritance', appeared in Charles L. Grant's Gothic Ghosts, TOR, 1997 and has been picked up by and for their Recommended Reading List Year's Best. Other recent stories appeared in Australian Short Stories and the award-winning Dreaming Down-Under.

Paul compiled and edited a seven-volume boxed set, called Book People — Meet Australia's Favourite Children's Authors and Illustrators. Macmillan released these early 2002. He and Meredith Costain also compiled and edited the science fiction series Spinouts. There were three sets: Spinouts Silver, Bronze and Sapphire. They also put together a series called Thrillogy, for Pearson Education. Authors featured are, among others, Richard Harland, Christine Harris, Glyn Parry, Jackie French, Jenny Pausacker, John Heffernan, Allan Baillie, Justin D'Ath and Robert Hood. Illustrators include Shaun Tan, Terry Denton, Craig Smith and Sally Rippin.

Paul also teaches writing in schools and has an increasing demand on his time for school visits. He participates in the Nestle Write Around Australia competition. A student from Paul's writing workshop Master class, Jack Fox, was the year 2000 Grade Six National Nestle winner (there were over 28,000 short story entries for Grades 5 & 6). Many others have had their stories published after participating in Paul's workshops, notably in the Australian children's magazine, Ozkids in Print.

Collins is the founder and publisher of Ford Street, "a successful small independent Australian publisher [which publishes] around eight titles a year, ranging from picture books through to novels and non-fiction for older readers."[1] It has published books by, among others, Michael Salmon, Doug MacLeod, Sean McMullen, Justin D'Ath, Alyssa Brugman, James Roy, David Miller, Jenny Mounfield, Gary Crew, Hazel Edwards, Dianne Bates and Collins himself.[1]

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