Urgent News Report
Terrorists Sought in Australia
In a shocking development, Australia has been rocked
by a spate of serious suburban and urban explosions, which are believed
to have been deliberately triggered by an underground extremist group.
The carnage includes a petrol refinery in Footscray, an LPG tanker on a
highway near Long Bay, a house in Lewisham, and most of Black Mountain.
In response to the emergency, full scale man-hunts
have been arranged across north west New South Wales, the ACT defence forces
have been put on high alert, and the Australian Cricket Team has fled to
Sri Lanka. In an effort to downplay the emergency, a spokesman last night
said, "Well, we've got the Cup now anyway." He went on to state that the
current situation has nothing whatsoever to do with a rampaging, slavering
and slimy tentacled time devouring monster. The Treasurer has not taken
this personally...
Find out more by reading...
The Chronological Adventures of
Detrius Thesper
By Niall
Doran
"A singular tale... cleverly worked... and
never lets up on the pace."
- Patsy
Crawford, The Mercury, 15 May 1995.
"If you're looking for something to while
away the empty months until Terry
Pratchett releases his new book, then this
is worth a read... Doran has proved
himself to be another new author worth watching
in the future..."
- Sean
Williams, Eidolon, October 1995
"Thesper follows a proud
tradition of British humour of the absurd.
Tom Sharpe... Ben Elton...[or]
just strictly Doran... whatever comparisons
you make or how you classify it,
The Chronological Adventures Of Detrius
Thesper is a hoot."
- Lisa
DuMond, The SF Site (USA): The Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy
"It's... a book"
- Completely
unrelated review, The Australian, sometime last year.
Now available from Desdichado
Publishing.
The Chronological Adventures of Detrius
Thesper:
more romance than Romper Stomper,
wordier than Schwarzenneger,
and funnier than the senate,
it's the only book to sequelise itself...
- because who else will?
