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Dirk Strasser

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Dirk Strasser’s historical fantasy Conquist, set in the dying days of the Inca Empire, won a Silver Medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club Book Of The Year Award and was a finalist in the Best Fantasy Novel category of the Aurealis Awards. His screenplay version of Conquist was a featured finalist in the Creative World Awards.

Zenith, Equinox, and Eclipse, his epic Books Of Ascension fantasy trilogy inspired by the mysticism of old Tibet, was published in English and German, and his middle grade urban fantasy Graffiti was published by Scholastic.

Dirk has won a Ditmar Award for professional achievement, his story “The Doppelgänger Effect” appeared in the World Fantasy Award-Winning anthology Dreaming Down Under, and his short stories have been tr ...more

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The Birth of the Aurealis Awards Part 1

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Aurealis Awards. The first Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction were for works published in 1995, with the ceremony the following year. What started originally as an initiative of Aurealis magazine has, over the years, taken on a huge life of its own and not only become Australia’s top SFF award, but is also widely recognised by the gl Read more of this blog post »

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	Zenith (Books of Ascension, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conquist 4.59 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equinox (Books of Ascension, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eclipse: The Lost Book of Ascension (Books of Ascension #3) 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #45 by Dirk Strasser (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Carissa Thorp (Editor, Contributor), Lachlan Huddy (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #87 by Dirk Strasser (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Sean Monaghan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ian Bell (Contributor) 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #89 by Dirk Strasser (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Versace, Adrik Kemp (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #46 by Dirk Strasser (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Andrew J. McKiernan (Goodreads Author), Greg Mellor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #70 by Dirk Strasser (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Matthew J. Morrison (Goodreads Author), Ephiny Gale (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #74 by Dirk Strasser (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Leife Shallcross (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Imogen Cassidy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 4: by Dirk

May 19, 2014 06:25PM

Kasia wrote: "I see you have recently 'Arabian Sands' by Wilfred Thesiger: he was a tough old bird, wasn't he? I did wonder if there wasn't perhaps a tiny streak of masochism there in apparently seeking out the ..."

I thought one of the most amazing things about his treks across the desert was that he went barefoot. He never seemed to get sick (so there must have been some luck involved). His book on the Marsh Arabs was also fascinating.

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message 3: by Kasia

May 19, 2014 05:30PM

I see you have recently 'Arabian Sands' by Wilfred Thesiger: he was a tough old bird, wasn't he? I did wonder if there wasn't perhaps a tiny streak of masochism there in apparently seeking out the hottest, most barren places on earth. Your thoughts?

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May 12, 2014 04:20AM