#Bookstodon

Trying to identify a novel or novella!

This is probably a very long shot.

I remember reading a book (I think it was in English class) when I was about 12 years old (which would be 1979-ish so it's older than that).

Setting was far northern #Australia, main characters were children. I think they were stranded, and I think the book ended with scenes of all of them walking along the beach, then later walking on the beach but there was one less, and so on, with the implication being that they gradually died.

I've heard of the #ArnhemLand novels by Ann E Wells and I wonder if it's one of those, but can't find any copies or even synopses to test my theory.

All ideas welcome!

#WhatsTheTitle #WhatsThatBook #FindABook #BookIdentification #StoryIdentification #BookFinder

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@ColinTheMathmo/116727426816224764

Hashtags that may help:

#whatsthetitle
#whatsthatbook
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EDIT: FOUND !!!

I'll avoid spoilers for those who enjoy the chase, I'll happily reply to DMs asking for the answer

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Here's a real challenge for die hard fans of older #SciFi ...

I remember in my teens in Australia, 70s?, reading a story or novel in which two computers (or neural nets) were interacting, having a conversation in English, and at one point one of them offered the other a banana.

The humans who were watching discussed this, and one said that this was an insult in the language they used.

Does this ring any bells? Does anyone recognise this?

Help?

(Boosts for reach would be very welcome ... thank you to those who have already done so!)

Edited to add some hashtags:

#WhatsTheTitle
#WhatsThatBook
#StoryIdentification
#bookstodon
#ScienceFiction

RE: https://wandering.shop/@cavyherd/116417137354246203

Hashtags that might help:

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Name That Short Story!

#ScienceFiction short story wherein artists aren't allowed to reference (or even experience) anyone else's work. If they are, the relevant sense is disabled, & they are set to watch over upcoming, naive artists.

I'd had it mentally placed in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, (or maybe Dangerous Visions?) but I'm not finding a likely candidate in either anthology. <1975?

Edit: Found! >

#whatsthetitle
#whatsthatbook
#storyidentification
#bookstodon

h/t @cptbutton