Rob Bleckly

Writer of Speculative Fiction

FOUNDER

FORMER EDITOR

AntipodeanSF CONTRIBUTOR

The AntipodeanSF Stories are available from the National Library of Australia, Pandora Archives

Unpublished Works ~ Completed and in-Progress

Between 1967-1987 countless, endlessly polished, starts were abandoned. Of that early work only those with potential are included here and except for the Antipodean stories sample chapters not yet available. (bold = Completed)

Current Work			Top of Page
The Restoration Legends Trilogy		A Science/Fantasy Trilogy with a long and chequered history begun in Colorado, Sept 1995 revisted late 1998
1999-2000	Bk.1 The Break of Civilization	180,000	looking for an agent/editor/publisher
2001-2008	Bk.2 The Face of the Goddess	85,000	begun Jan 2001 - slow progress - life gets in the way
next	Bk.3 The Arch of Restoration	0	roughly plotted- deeply thought about - one day soon
Short Stories
2006	The Mound	1,500 so far	an attempt at horror
Short Stories			Top of Page
2004	The Kings Arrow	3,938
1999	The Face On Mars	1,262
1998	Digitally Remastered	1,000	competition entry
	dis infect ant	3,066
	Displaced Multitudes	1,000	competition entry - culled from "Doubting Thomas"
	Andrew's Armageddon	1,000	competition entry - culled from "The Dream"
	Journey to the Corner of the World	608
	Imperfect Contact	1,000	competition entry
	Power To The People	6,660	"PowerSat" revised
	Real Virtuality	1,000	competition entry - culled from "If I'm Awake, ..."
	Prime Directive	384
	The One Eared Man	3,637
1997	Tagged	1,604
	The Persistence of Memory	7,300
	The Last Voyage	6,852	submitted as Anne Short
	Secrets To Die For	2,500	competition entry
	The Stinging Truth	972	competition entry
	If I'm Awake, I Must Be Dreaming	2,531
1996	The Dream	1,846	completed
	The Native Question	5,986	the short (series) novel butchered
1995	Castaway	3,019
	Pets	11,039
	Doubting Thomas	5,218	culled to the 1000 word "Displaced Multitudes" culled again an published online as the 500 word "Multitudes"
	Feral	838
	Drone	1,911
1993	PowerSat	5,300
1992	A Hole in the Fabric	6,000	completed but ...only a third of the story I started to tell - my first submission
Novels			Top of Page
1995	Ross-248	2,520	in collaboration with Jason R.Bleckly
1979	The Novel (untitled)	~20,000	my first attempt - me playing at writer
Series			Top of Page
Legacy		Space Opera trilogy
1997	generation 3. Bach	1,137
1997	generation 2. Escher	10,049
1997	generation 1. Godel	7,278
The Native Question		originally envisaged as a 10 book set (in my dreams)
1998	Native Prelude	2,400
1994	Bk 2. The Native Question	17,435	a short novel?