George Turner (writer)
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George Turner (1916-1997) was an Australian writer and critic, best known for the science fiction novels written in the later part of his career. He was notable for being a "late bloomer" in science fiction (by the field's standards). His first SF story and novel appeared in 1978, when he was in his early sixties. By this point, however, he had already achieved considerable success as a mainstream novelist, including a Miles Franklin Award, and as a literary critic. In the 1960s, he established a reputation as a high-profile, forthright, even curmudgeonly, SF critic.
Turner's science fiction narratives are remarkable for their detailed extrapolation and their invariably earnest approach to moral and social issues. In such novels as Drowning Towers and Genetic Soldier he displayed a gloomy vision of global warming's future ramifications. The former novel won an Arthur C. Clarke Award. Much of his work has a strongly "Australian" feel, and it sometimes incorprates references to the Aboriginal peoples of his country. Despite his late start, at death he was arguably one of the elder statesman of Australian science fiction.
Novels and collections
- Beloved Son (1978)
- Vaneglory (1981)
- Yesterday's Men (1983)
- Drowning Towers [vt The Sea and the Summer](1987)
- The Sea and Summer (1987)
- A Pursuit of Miracles (short story collection) (1990)
- Brain Child (1991)
- The Destiny Makers (1993)
- Genetic Soldier (1994)
- Down There in Darkness (1999)
Anthology
- The View from the Edge, as editor, (1977)
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