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Peter Cooper

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Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Peter Cooper acts like an Engineer by day while secretly working out story outlines and wondering whether he'll ever get around to writing another novel one day. He lives in Adelaide, South Australia, with his wife and three adult sons. ...more

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It's like those movies where someone finds an old spaceship that's been under the ice for a thousand years, and after switching on a few switches and twiddling a few buttons the whole thing fires up and starts pulsing and glowing as if it really hasn't been gathering dust all that time.

Actually I've never seen nor heard of a movie like that, but I like the image as a metaphor for fi

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Average rating: 3.82 · 76 ratings · 9 reviews · 8 distinct works

	The Ghost of Ping-Ling 4.03 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Rain by Tehani Croft Wessely (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joanne Anderton, Kathleen Jennings (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mapmaker's Apprentice 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jeweller of Rassylon 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 52 by David Kernot (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sean Monaghan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dominik Parisien (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 49 by Robbie Matthews (Editor), Lewis Morley (Illustrator), Chris Large (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 48 by Juliet Bathory (Editor), Chris Mars (Illustrator), Harry Purnell (Illustrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #92 by Michael Pryor (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Peter Cooper (Goodreads Author), L.B. Spillers it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Musquito: The real story of a legendary colonial warrior

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Ned Kelly: The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend

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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

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Peter Cooper rated a book it was amazing Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map by Grantlee Kieza	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Having lived in South Australia most of my life, I thought I knew a bit about Matthew Flinders. It turned out I knew very little. This is a well written and fully accessible account of an extraordinary life. Highly recommended.
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Having lived in South Australia most of my life, I thought I knew a bit about Matthew Flinders. It turned out I knew very little. This is a well written and fully accessible account of an extraordinary life. Highly recommended.
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Peter Cooper wants to read Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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This is a beautiful, sad book. It covers the journey of a group of people in the late 70's to locate the last two aboriginal nomads still living on Country deep in the deserts of Western Australia. The couple are elderly and will almost certainly be ...more
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