The Kingdom of Summer
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| Title: | The Kingdom of Summer |
| Publisher: | The Nut Hatch |
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| Author(s): | Jane of Australia |
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| Illustrator(s): | JJ |
| Date(s): | 1989 |
| Series?: | yes |
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| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| Language: | English |
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The Kingdom of Summer was published in 1989 and contains 178 pages. The art is by JJ (art is not always in some editions).
It is part of The Hunting Universe, a "series of alternate universe fantasy Raven/Bodie slash novels and stories by Jane from the Nut Hatch Collective in Australia, comprising 20 stories in various zines" [1]
For more information on this series, see The Hunting Universe.
See List of Professionals Fanworks by Jane of Australia.
Flyer for Both This Zine, and All of the Hunting Universe
From the late 1990s/early 2000s:
The massive, four-part epic. continuing from THE HUNTING, under one cover...
The plot of THE KINGDOM OF SUMMER is so vast, it defies the word 'novel.' It's actually four or five stories, closely inter-woven ... Raphael's quest for manhood is at the center of the plot, and his misadventures propel his companions into danger and adventure. But there's also Amber's growth, as he re-enters the world of mortals, after so many years in exile ... there's the growing up of Raven's and Bodie's daughter, Falcon; a new and desperately bloody war begins, and comes to boiling point in a place called The Eyrie of the Gods...
In other words, as someone once said, it's "the old, old story, it's like a George Lucas Movie." Meaning, it's romance, sword fights, wild chases, exotic realms, weird magic and the whole nine yards ... only we go ten yards and add in a depth of sensuality for which these books have become minor legends in their own right!
Don't take this flyer's word for it ... ask around! THE HUNTING has slowly, steadily, out-sold everything in the Nut Hatch lists with the exception of one or two of the stand-alone thrillers, and one of Kathy's series. Right now, it's rated #4 on the all-time best-seller list from this press ... and that's a darned powerful recommendation, when you remember, it's over 2,500 pages, and, while Bodie and 'Doyle' are central to the characterisation, this isn't the show universe ... not at all!
You can taste a small selection of the illustrations right here on the site (we're hoping to find or make the space to upload more soon), and you can even, at your leisure, sample great swathes of the text on-line! In cooperation with The Circuit Archive, we've built an interface that allows Nut Hatch readers to "pull" the text ofthe first five segments (about the first 200pp) of THE HUNTING into this very screen.
The first ten segments of the saga were 'circlated' [sic] more than a decade ago, in the days when 'the circuit' meant piles of photocopies going through the mail. Those parts are still 'free for all,' and you're more than welcome to collect them as and where you can. Those first ten segments comprise Books One and Two, entitled THE HUNTING and THE KINGDOM OF SUMMER respectively.
However, the remainder of THE HUNTING was published zine-fashion by Nut Hatch, and we still 'print to order,' making up individual books or whole bound-in-volume sets, while we work to prepare this website to celebrate THE HUNTING's fifteenth birthday! (Or should that be 'feast day,' all things considered?!)
Most people who find themselves ordering six out of eight volumes elect to order THE HUNTING and THE KINDGOM [sic] OF SUMMER along with all the others, so as to have the whole thing on the shelf, complete and bound-in-voume. Don't let us twist your arm here! But ... remember that the Aussie dollar is only worth about .63 against the US dollar ... it's not actually as expensive as you may expect, to indulge yourself in this pleasure.
Welcome back to Morhod.
BOOK TWO: THE KINGDOM OF SUMMER, 500 pages, now presented with many illustrations, and braid bound in the hand-crafted hard covers of your choice. [2]