Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

November 21, 2012

Displacement

A Review of On Spec #89 Vol 24, No. 2 (Summer 2012 issue) By Derek Newman-Stille I have been a fan of On Spec for some time. I enjoy the quality of their stories, the diversity of their authors, and their ability to play with diverse characteristics of the speculative medium. I enjoy the fact that On Spec combines short...

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November 20, 2012

Quote – Fighting Over What We Won’t Be Here To Use

“There are still wars, because we haven’t quite outgrown our stupidity… Why fight over what you won’t be here to use.” -Catherine MacLeod – Hydden (in Tesseracts 14: Strange Canadian Stories)

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November 19, 2012

Changeabilia

A Review of Douglas Smith’s Impossibilia (PS Publishing, 2008) By Derek Newman-Stille Impossibilia features Douglas Smith’s fascination with moral questions and morally ambiguous spaces where characters are forced to question conflicting values and ideologies. Through his characters, he asks readers What would change your morals? What are you willing to sacrifice? What would you do for the person you love?...

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November 18, 2012

Quote – Shadows Are My Thoughts

“One can gaze directly at the sun here, and then contemplate the blurry outline of shadows that it casts so feebly. The shadows are my thoughts.” – Terence M. Green – The Woman Who Is The Midnight Wind (In Tesseracts)

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November 17, 2012

Nikola Tesla on TV’s Sanctuary

For those of you who watch the Canadian SF show Sanctuary, have you ever noticed that the actor who plays Nikola Tesla (Jonathon Young) looks nothing like Tesla himself?… This is not unusual in television portrayals of historical figures. HOWEVER, the really odd thing is that the man who plays James Watson on the SAME SHOW (Peter Wingfield) looks ALMOST...

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November 17, 2012

Speculative Fiction Speculations # 2

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November 16, 2012

Quote – Carrying Anything Of Worth In Your Head

“Anything he had of worth, he carried around in his head.” -Charles de Lint – Old Man Crow In The Very Best of Charles de Lint.

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November 15, 2012

Interview with Helen Marshall

An Interview with Helen Marshall By Derek Newman-Stille After reading Helen Marshall’s new book Hair Side, Flesh Side and seeing her interest in the role of memory and the body, I wanted to inquire further about her writing process and get some insights on the interplay between texts, memory, and the body since this is something that has been of...

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November 14, 2012

Quote – Ancestors

“The same earth you are standing on has been stood on by generations of your ancestors. The air you breathe, even these trees you don’t notice, have been touched and climbed by those that came before you. That rock you were sitting on, how many behinds have sat there, watching the sun set?” -Drew Hayden Taylor – The Night Wanderer

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November 13, 2012

Taboos and Tattoos

A review of Jon Martin Watts’ Flights of Passage in Tesseracts 14: Strange Canadian Stories. By Derek Newman-Stille In the short story Flights of Passage, Watts explores the social taboo against inbreeding and creates a society which can trace its descent entirely to one ancestor that crashed on their planet. This society, far from being made up of mutated or...

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