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Wildgame
A live animal leaping out of a video game? Unbelievable. And yet there it is in Macka's soft and smelly, alert and terrified, like a real animal; but also glowing with strange energy.
Can she get it back into the game alive? And - if she goes in herself, can she get out ?
'Intriguing, accessible and highly original.' - Reading Time
'A fascinating mystery/adventure with a thought-provoking message.' - Margaret Dunkle, Australian Bookseller and Publisher
Can she get it back into the game alive? And - if she goes in herself, can she get out ?
'Intriguing, accessible and highly original.' - Reading Time
'A fascinating mystery/adventure with a thought-provoking message.' - Margaret Dunkle, Australian Bookseller and Publisher
160 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1993
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About the author
Margo Lanagan
109 books627 followersMargo Lanagan, born in Waratah, New South Wales, is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction.
Many of her books, including YA fiction, were only published in Australia. Recently, several of her books have attracted worldwide attention. Her short story collection Black Juice won two World Fantasy Awards. It was published in Australia by Allen & Unwin and the United Kingdom by Gollancz in 2004, and in North America by HarperCollins in 2005. It includes the much-anthologized short story "Singing My Sister Down".
Her short story collection White Time, originally published in Australia by Allen & Unwin in 2000, was published in North America by HarperCollins in August 2006, after the success of Black Juice.
Many of her books, including YA fiction, were only published in Australia. Recently, several of her books have attracted worldwide attention. Her short story collection Black Juice won two World Fantasy Awards. It was published in Australia by Allen & Unwin and the United Kingdom by Gollancz in 2004, and in North America by HarperCollins in 2005. It includes the much-anthologized short story "Singing My Sister Down".
Her short story collection White Time, originally published in Australia by Allen & Unwin in 2000, was published in North America by HarperCollins in August 2006, after the success of Black Juice.
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August 16, 2017
I've not read a novel by Lanagan before, just some of her short stories (mostly from Red Spikes and Black Juice), most of which I have been very impressed by. Unfortunately, I wasn't greatly impressed by this novel. In her favour, it doesn't read as a poorly written book, but as an early work of someone who has reasonable potential. The premise is that a teenage girl, Macka, plays an arcade game where the lines between game and reality blur. I've read a few such novels, and this one didn't strike me as having anything new to say on this topic. It did have a couple of interesting points to make about conservation, not sure whether I think that they were overly didactic, given those who might be expected to read the book.
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