Deucalion (novel)

Deucalion
Deucalion second edition cover by Darren Hughes.
Author(s)	Brian Caswell
Cover artist	Hans De Haas
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre(s)	Young-adult, science fiction
Publisher	UQP
Publication date	1 September 1995
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	216 pp (first edition)
ISBN	0702228656
Followed by	The View from Ararat

Deucalion is a 1995 young-adult science fiction novel by Brian Caswell. It follows the story of many settlers who have travelled across space to build a new future on the planet Deucalion. However the future is uncertain for the Elokoi or Icarus people who were settled on the planet first.^[1]

Background

Deucalion was first published in Australia on 1 September 1995 by the University of Queensland Press in trade paperback format.^[1][2] In 1996 it was published as an audiobook by Louis Braille Books and in 2002 it was released in the United Kingdom by Flyways. It has also been distributed to North America by International Specialized Book Services.^[3] Deucalion joint won along with Garth Nix's Sabriel the 1995 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and was a short-list nominee for the 1996 Children's Book Council of Australia: Book of the Year, Older Readers award.^[2][4]

Synopsis

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Deucalion by Brian Caswell". Penguin Books. http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780702228650. Retrieved 2010-01-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Bibliography: Deucalion". ISFDB. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?8697. Retrieved 2010-01-22. 
3. ^ "Formats and Editions of Deucalion". WorldCat. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35128359/editions?editionsView=true&referer=di. Retrieved 2010-01-22. 
4. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1996 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis1996.html. Retrieved 2010-01-22.