Official Correspondence between the Honorable the First Minister of Duffy and His Exalted Majesty Night Blooming Ceres

House of the Gallery: 2nd Session, 3rd Parliament: Official Correspondence between the Honorable the First Minister of Duffy and His Exalted Majesty Night Blooming Ceres, Monarch of the Moon, Emperor of the Starry Isles, etc., etc., Relative to the Construction of the Imperial, Lunar, Grand, Mid-Air, Lunatic Governmental Railway, also the Reports of the Chief Engineer, and the Draft Treaty in Relation to Same, with the Speech from the Throne is an early Canadian science fiction short story, written by an anonymous author. It was published in 1875.A Historical Survey of Canadian Science Fiction - David Ketterer - 1983 - Science Fiction Studies - SF-TH Inc. - Retrieved 8 September 2020 The story was a political satire of the attempts of the federal government to build a transcontinental railway.Uneasy Union: A Checklist of English-Language Science Fiction Concerning Canadian Separatist Conflicts - John Bell - March 1982 - Science Fiction Studies - Retrieved 08 September 2020
== Synopsis ==
TBW
== Reception ==
=== Retrospective ===
Author David Ketterer stated in 1992 that the story had "lost whatever bite it may have had."Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy - David Ketterer - Indiana University Press - Published 1992 - Page 8 - Retrieved 9 May 2021
== Notes ==
=== Behind the Scenes ===
* The Prime Minister at the time of publication and during the real sitting of the Third Parliament in the Second Session was Alexander Mackenzie.House of Commons Journals, 3rd Parliament, 2nd Session - Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources - Library of Parliament - Retrieved 8 September 2020 
== Links ==
* Official correspondence between the Honorable the first minister of Duffy, and His Exalted Majesty Night Blooming Ceres, monarch of the Moon, emperor of the Starry Isles, etc., etc., relative to the construction of the Imperial, lunar, grand, mid-air, lunatic governmental railway on Canadiana
== References ==
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