Love and Romanpunk – Tansy Rayner Roberts
Twelfth Planet Press, 2011
109 pages
RRP: AU$18
ISBN: 978-0-9808274-4-6

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Love and Romanpunk is a mini-collection of four fantastic stories by Tansy Rayner Roberts, taking a new look at Roman history, mythology and urban fantasy, with some amazing Julias. This boutique collection, part of the Twelfth Planet Press’s Twelve Planets series, is an intriguing read which will entertain a wide audience.

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Sprawl – edited by Alisa Krasnostein
Twelfth Planet Press, 2010
340 pages
RRP: AU$29.95
ISBN 978-0-9804841-8-2

Reviewed by Russell B Farr

Sprawl is an anthology of 16 stories, 1 cartoon and 1 poem by a number of notable and critically acclaimed Australian SF writers, put together and published by the team at independent press Twelfth Planet. The anthology seeks to explore urban fantasy in an antipodean setting.

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Angel Rising – Dirk Flinthart
Twelfth Planet Press, 2008
53 pages
RRP: AU$10
ISBN: 978-0-9804841-1-3

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Angel Rising is a novella set in the world of New Ceres, a human colony that has embraced the social rules of 17th Century Earth, and rejected or at least regulated all modern technologies. However, no prior knowledge of this world is necessary for enjoyment of Flinthart’s contribution to the New Ceres group story.

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2012 – edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne
Twelfth Planet Press, 2008
118 pages
RRP: AU$20
ISBN 978-0-9804841-0-6

Reviewed by Russell B. Farr

Where will we be in 4 years’ time?

If 2012 is anything to judge by, very unhappy. In the debut anthology from Twelfth Planet Press, 11 writers give a pretty bleak vision of the future.

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