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Lee Harding

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Pen Names: Harold G. Nye（Used for short stories）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-02-19 （Colac, Victoria）
Died
2023-04-19 （Perth, Western Australia） age 86
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Colac, Victoria → Melbourne, Victoria → Perth, Western Australia

Career

Occupations
photographer, writer
Active Years
1958-1997
Affiliations
Melbourne Science Fiction Club
Memberships
Melbourne Science Fiction Club

Awards

Ditmar Award
1970
Work: Dancing Gerontius
Category: Best Australian Science Fiction
Organization: Australian SF Community
Result: Winner
Ditmar Award
1972
Work: Fallen Spaceman
Category: Best Australian Fiction
Organization: Australian SF Community
Result: Winner
Alan Marshall Short Story Award
1978
Work: Displaced Person
Result: Winner
Australian Children's Book of the Year Award
1980
Work: Displaced Person
Result: Winner
Chandler Award
2006
Organization: Australian Science Fiction Foundation
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Displaced Person

1979 Science Fiction

A story of an alien crash-landing on Earth and meeting a boy.

Cultural ContactLoneliness

The Fallen Spaceman

1973 Science Fiction

Story of an astronaut crashing on Earth.

SurvivalIdentity

Heartsease

1997 Novel

Non-SF novel.

Bibliography

  • The Fallen Spaceman
  • Children of Atlantis
  • A World of Shadows
  • The Frozen Sky
  • Return to Tomorrow
  • Future Sanctuary
  • The Weeping Sky
  • Displaced Person
  • The Web of Time
  • Waiting for the End of the World
  • Heartsease

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Science Fiction-focusedShort stories and novels
Recurring Motifs
Space TravelAlien Contact

Legacy

Recognized as an Australian SF writer, winner of Ditmar Awards and Children's Book of the Year for SF works.

Trivia

  • Founding member of Melbourne Science Fiction Club.
  • Began career photographing the filming of 'On the Beach'.