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- ↑ Franz Rottensteiner, "Introduction" to View From Another Shore, Liverpool University Press, 1999. ISBN 0853239320 (p. xvi)
- ↑ "View from Another Shore: An Interview with Franz Rottensteiner - 50 Watts".
- ↑ "Authors : Rottensteiner, Franz : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia".
- ↑ "KLP 2004 Preisträger". Kurd-lasswitz-preis.de. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
