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Peggy Bright Books is pleased to introduce our new forthcoming publication:

"Rare Unsigned Copy: Tales of Rocketry, Ineptitude, and Giant Mutant Vegetables" is an upcoming collection of short (and mostly warped) SF and fantasy stories from Simon Petrie, including several previously-unpublished gems. Touching on such important, diverse, and hitherto-ignored topics as the sex life of mythical reptiles, the anachronistic hazardousness of the humble ham sandwich, and the application of radiation-induced gigantism to market gardening, Petrie's work is a direct challenge to the dictum that truth is stranger than fiction.

If you've ever wondered about what to do about that inexplicable triceratops in your backyard, about what happened next in that classic match-up between Hare and Tortoise, or about the absolute very worst thing you can have happen to you while you're ransacking that idyllic alien planet, then you need to read "Rare Unsigned Copy."

It's not all off-planet, off-the-wall, or off-colour. Some of the stories in "Rare Unsigned Copy" are speculation pure and simple, played with a straight bat. But for the most part, the stories dwell on life's unexpected absurdities, like dealing with that artificial intelligence that either wants you, or wants you off its ship, or wants to hold onto that last unique item in its carefully-organised inventory. Even if said item might well be a life-saver.

Still not convinced? Try a snippet: Click here to read an excerpt.

"Rare Unsigned Copy". 260 pp paperback. Currently available for pre-purchase at the special earlybird price of $17AUD, including postage within Australia (or $22AUD for overseas purchasers). This pre-publication price expires February 19, 2010. The book is due for release in early March 2010. Recommended retail price thereafter is set at $25.95, with postage costs additional.

 


Click here to read more about Edwina Harvey.

 


Click here to read an excerpt from The Whale's Tale


 

Click here to buy The Whale's Tale from Peggy Bright Books


 

Click here to learn about Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine.


 
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"The Whale's Tale"  is an exciting new young adult science fiction novel by Edwina Harvey. In a future where whales and dolphins can communicate with humans, and where the Whale Nation has brought space travel back from the brink of extinction, humpback whales tour the galaxy in massive spaceships called "The Whaling Fleet" performing Whalesong to receptive audiences. Uki is a teenage Japanese girl who steals a file from a whale to impress a guy in her gang, but she gets caught, and has to perform restitution to Targe, the humpback whale she's stolen the file from, by touring the galaxy with Targe and his dolphin sidekick, Charlie. Uki doesn't like Targe, Targe doesn't like Uki, and Charlie thinks he's in for the worst tour of his life until they discover Uki has a special talent.

For an excerpt from the book, go here

For a review of the book by June Young in New Zealand,
go here

For a review of the book by Jonathan Dean, go here

Released November, 2009
ISBN: 9780980699807
RRP: $19.95.

You can purchase this book:

(a) Direct from the publisher via bank deposit or cheque, or paypal for $19.95 (including free postage within Australia) . Send your order and preferred payment method by E-mailing us here or order through your favourite bookshop,.or

(b) from the following booksellers:

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Edwina Harvey is a self-confessed "whale and dolphin geek" who has been writing, especially science fiction, for most of her life. The Whale's Tale evolved from her short story, Restitution, which was placed equal third in the 1997 Mary Grant Bruce awards for children's literature.

Edwina's other work has been short listed in the George Turner Prize, the Emma Darcy Awards, and has been published in a variety of anthologies and magazines as diverse as Aurealis, Thrillogies and Grass Roots. She also edits for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine

Edwina has blogged at Wired 4 Teens. You can read more about The Whale's Tale at: .http://teens.mosmanlibraryblogs.com/article/263/edwina-harvey-guest-blogs-on-the-whale-s-tale

 

Peggy Bright Books is only open to submissions by invitation at this stage.

P.O. Box 2087 Maroubra NSW 2035 Australia. ABN 677 559 382 58

 

 

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