The New Unusual was the fifteenth novel in the Lethbridge-Stewart series.
Publisher's summary[]
It's the early 1970s, a time of change, a time of turmoil, a time of surrealism, LSD and the Age of Aquarius, a time of fads, Moon landings and wars, and the young people of the world are seeking something new - and unusual!
For Anne Travers, an encounter with a so-called "dream egg" is just the beginning of a long nightmare. Her scientific curiosity aroused, Anne begins to probe the secret underground scene known as "dream-ins" where students and others meet to get involved with a new craze and, perhaps, something far more alien to human experience.
And for Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, who finds himself drawn into Anne's investigations, this probe will lead himand the Fifth Operational Corps to the wilderness of the Australian Outback, to a little opal mining town called Coober Pedy and a search for answers.
Plot[]
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Characters[]
- Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
- Doctor Anne Travers
- Second Lieutenant William Bishop
- Owain Lethbridge-Stewart
- Dylan Lethbridge-Stewart
- Regimental Sergeant Major Samson Ware
- Lance Corporal Tracy Ward
- Major Keith Bartlett
- Captain Shawn Miles
- Lieutenant Glen Collins
- Doctor Stephen Lindsay
- Kenny
- Linda
- Old Tom
- Baxter
- Colonel Alexander Rafferty
- Lachlan Carter
- Beth Morris
- Doctor Beauman
- Travis Haynes
- Julia Lake
- Grant Findlay
- Addison Kelly
- Galdani Commander
- Cameron Flynn
- Sebastian Goff
- Vernon Goff
- Edward Travers
- Margaret Travers
- Cledwyn Jones
- Lou Dill
- Matilda
- David
- Private Lincoln
- Private Morgan
- Mack
- Corporal Perjanik
- Private Meagher
Worldbuilding[]
- Corporal Ward is aged about twenty-fives by exposure to the Dream Egg.
Notes[]
- The novel was available in paperback from the Candy Jar Books webstore (and select retailers), with a Kindle release via Amazon.
Continuity[]
- Ward mentions the Moon Blink substance. (PROSE: Moon Blink)
- Owain calls Bishop 'G', just like Bishop has previously called Owain 'Little G'. (PROSE: Beast of Fang Rock, Night of the Intelligence)
- Anne recalls the use of drugs at Fang Rock and Keynsham. (PROSE: Beast of Fang Rock, The Dreamer's Lament)
- Lethbridge-Stewart thinks twice about contacting Sally Wright about Anne. (PROSE: The Daughters of Earth)
- Dylan and Owain discuss the fall of the Vault and Dylan's father, James Lethbridge-Stewart. (PROSE: Night of the Intelligence)
External links[]
- Official The New Unusual page at Candy Jar Books
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