The Old Lie Explained

The Old Lie
Author:Claire G. Coleman
Country:Australia
Language:English
Genre:Science fiction
Published:2019 (Hachette Australia)
Media Type:Print (hardback)
Pages:356
Isbn:9780733640841
Oclc:1091587502

The Old Lie is a 2019 novel by Claire G. Coleman.[1] It is about Earth joining an alien force, the Federation, to defend against another, the Conglomeration.

Reception

A reviewer in Locus, although finding The Old Lie "an infuriating novel to read," concludes that "what ultimately shines through is Coleman’s passion, her fury and, most importantly, her keen sense of justice."[2]

The Adelaide Review wrote that "Coleman interrogates our own recent past and present from stolen generations and Maralinga weapons testing to the age-old capacity for cold, bureaucratic inhumanity exhibited by aliens and humans alike."[3]

The Old Lie has also been reviewed by The Canberra Times,[4] The Saturday Paper,[5] The Sydney Morning Herald[6] and Australian Book Review.[7]

See also

External links

Library holdings of The Old Lie

Native Apocalypse in Claire G. Coleman’s The Old Lie

Coleman discusses The Old Lie at the Sydney Writers' Festival

Discussion with Coleman on The Book Show about The Old Lie

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman. National Library of Australia. 7 July 2024.
  2. Ian Mond . 15 November 2019 . Ian Mond Reviews The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman . Locus . Locus SF Foundation . 14 August 2021.
  3. Walter Marsh . 28 August 2019 . Book Review: The Old Lie . The Adelaide Review . Opinion Media . 14 August 2021.
  4. News: Zoya Patel . 26 October 2019 . The Old Lie, by Claire G. Coleman, is set in the future, with a cast of indigenous characters . Like her award-winning novel, Terra Nullius, Coleman has used speculative fiction to present a story that is ultimately about colonisation to an audience that has proven to be resistant to narratives focused on Indigenous characters otherwise. . The Canberra Times . 14 August 2021.
  5. News: 14 September 2019 . Books: Claire G. Colemean - The Old Lie (subscription required) . The Saturday Paper . Schwartz Publishing . 14 August 2021.
  6. News: Melanie Kembrey . 23 August 2019 . History repeats itself in Claire G. Coleman's The Old Lie (subscription required) . The Sydney Morning Herald . 14 August 2021.
  7. Alison Whittaker . September 2019 . Fiction: The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman (subscription required) . Australian Book Review . 414 . Australian Book Review Inc. . 14 August 2021.