Rosaleen Love
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Rosaleen Love is an Australian science journalist and writer. She has a PhD in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Melbourne
. She has written works on the Great Barrier Reef
and other science or conservation topics. She has also written science fiction, which has been noted for her use of irony and feminism
. She has been nominated for the Ditmar Award
six times, and won the Chandler Award
in 2009.
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. She has written works on the Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world'slargest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres over an area of approximately...
and other science or conservation topics. She has also written science fiction, which has been noted for her use of irony and feminism
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
. She has been nominated for the Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
six times, and won the Chandler Award
Chandler Award
The Chandler Award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for "Outstanding Achievement in Australian Science Fiction".It is named in recognition of the contribution that science fiction writer A...
in 2009.
Collections
- The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories (1989)
- Evolution Annie and Other Stories (1993)
Short fiction
- "The Laws of Life" (1985) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "Trickster" (1986) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "Alexia and Graham Bell" (1986) in Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1986/1987 (ed. Peter McNamara)
- "No Resting Place" (1987) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "The Sea-Serpent of Sandy Cape" (1987) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "Power Play" (1987) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "The Invisible Woman" (1988) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "If You Go Down to the Park Today" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "The Total Devotion Machine" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "Bat Mania" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "Tanami Drift" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "Dolphins and Deep Thought" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "The Bottomless Pit" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "Where Are They?" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "The Children Don't Leave Home Any More" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "The Tea Room Tapes" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "Tremendous Potential for Tourism" (1989) in The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories
- "The Heavenly City, Perhaps" (1990) in Evolution Annie and Other Stories
- "Hovering Rock" (1990) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#2 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) - "Turtle Soup" (1990) in Eidolon, Spring 1990 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
- "Cosmic Dusting" (1991) in Evolution Annie and Other Stories
- "Evolution Annie" (1991) in Evolution Annie and Other Stories
- "The Palace of the Soul" (1991) in Evolution Annie and Other Stories
- "Strange Things Grow at Chernobyl" (1991) in Evolution Annie and Other Stories
- "Blue Venom" (1991) in Eidolon, Spring 1991 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
- "Holiness" (1992) in Intimate Armageddons (ed. Bill CongreveBill Congreve-Biography:Congreve's first work was published in 1987 with his short story "Collector" which was featured in the Summer 1986/1987 edition of Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine. In 1992 Congreve's first edited anthology was released by Five Islands Press, featuring a short story and introduction by...
) - "Mortal Remains" (1993) in Crank!, Fall 1993 (ed. Bryan Cholfin)
- "Starbaby" (1993) in OverlandOverland (literary journal)Overland is an Australian literary and cultural journal. It was founded in 1954, under the auspices of the Realist Writers Group in Melbourne, Australia, with Stephen Murray-Smith being the first editor. The current editor is Jeff Sparrow. The journal has a left-wing orientation.- External links :*...
Summer 1993 - "A Pattern to Life" (1993) in Evolution Annie and Other Stories
- "The Daughters of Darius" (1993) in Evolution Annie and Other Stories
- "Bubbles in the Cosmic Saucepan" (1993) in The Traveling Tide
- "Sex and Death" (1995) in Eidolon, Winter 1995 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
- "The Reef Builders" (1997) with Karen Joy FowlerKaren Joy FowlerKaren Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and alienation....
and Maureen F. McHughMaureen F. McHughMaureen F. McHugh is a science fiction and fantasy writer.Her first published story appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories. Her first novel, China Mountain Zhang , was nominated for both the Hugo and the...
and Terry BissonTerry BissonTerry Ballantine Bisson is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his short stories...
in Omni Online, May 1997 (ed. Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
) - "Alexander's Feats" (1997) in Eidolon, Issue 25/26 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Richard Scriven)
- "Real MenReal MenReal Men is a 1987 comedy/sci-fi film starring James Belushi and John Ritter as the heroes: suave, womanizing CIA agent Nick Pirandello and weak and ineffectual insurance agent Bob Wilson .-Plot:...
" (1998) in Dreaming Down-UnderDreaming Down-UnderDreaming Down-Under is a 1998 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb-Background:Dreaming Down-Under was first published in Australia in November 1998 by Voyager Books in trade paperback format....
(ed. Jack DannJack DannJack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
, Janeen WebbJaneen WebbJaneen Webb is an Australian writer, critic, and editor working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy.-Biography:...
) - "Two Recipes for Magic Beans" (1998) in Dreaming Down-UnderDreaming Down-UnderDreaming Down-Under is a 1998 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb-Background:Dreaming Down-Under was first published in Australia in November 1998 by Voyager Books in trade paperback format....
(ed. Jack DannJack DannJack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
, Janeen WebbJaneen WebbJaneen Webb is an Australian writer, critic, and editor working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy.-Biography:...
) - "The Worst Thing in the World" (1999) in Ghosts and Ghoulies (ed. Paul CollinsPaul Collins (fantasy writer)Paul Collins is an Australian writer and editor who specializes in science fiction and fantasy.Collins has written many books for younger readers...
, Meredith Costain) - "The Gate of Heaven" (2003) in Forever Shores (ed. Margaret Winch, Peter McNamara)
- "In the Shadow of the Stones" (2003) in Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the SupernaturalSouthern Blood: New Australian Tales of the SupernaturalSouthern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural is a 2003 speculative fiction anthology edited by Bill Congreve-Background:Southern Blood was first published in Australia in June 2003 by Sandglass Enterprises in trade paperback format...
(ed. Bill Congreve) - "The Raptures of the Deep" (2003) in Gathering the Bones (ed. Ramsey CampbellRamsey CampbellJohn Ramsey Campbell is an English horror fiction author.Since he first came to prominence in the mid-1960s, critics have cited Campbell as one of the leading writers in his field: T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today", while S. T...
, Jack DannJack DannJack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
, Dennis EtchisonDennis EtchisonDennis William Etchison , is an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. Etchison refers to his own work as “rather dark, depressing, almost pathologically inward fiction about the individual in relation to the world.”Stephen King has called Dennis Etchison “one hell of a fiction...
) - "Once Giants Roamed the EarthOnce Giants Roamed the Earth"Once Giants Roamed the Earth" is a 2005 fantasy short story by Rosaleen Love.-Background:"Once Giants Roamed the Earth" was first published in 2005 in the anthology Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales and the collection The Traveling Tide. Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales was edited by Robin Pen and Robert...
" (2005) in Daikaiju! Giant Monster TalesDaikaiju! Giant Monster TalesDaikaiju! Giant Monster Tales is a 2005 speculative fiction anthology edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen.-Background:Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales was first published in Australia in 2005 by Agog! Press in hardback format. It won the 2006 Ditmar Award for best collected work. Daikaiju! Giant...
(ed. Robin Pen, Robert HoodRob HoodRobert Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers. He has published five young adult novels, three collections of his short fiction, fifteen children's books and over 100 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas...
), and The Traveling Tide - "GoGo" (2005) in The Traveling Tide
- "Wanderer 8" (2005) in The Elastic Book of Numbers (ed. Allen Ashley)
Essays
- Ursula K. le Guin and Therolinguistics (1998)
- The Onion Skin Theory of Identity, the Paint Pot Theory of Gender, and the Blu-Tack Theory of Position (1999)
- Star Drover (2001)
- In Tribulation ans with Jubilee: On Pilgrimage with Bridie King (2005)