Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

August 27, 2012

Quote – Canadian is Hard to Explain

“Canadian is both harder and easier to explain. Nobody knows what it is even supposed to be, let far-out-alone what it actually is.” -Judith Merril- Foreword (In Tesseracts)

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August 26, 2012

Deep Space Dexter

Review of “Long Leap” by Derek Kunsken. In On Spec Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2012. By Derek Newman-Stille Derek Kunsken takes on a huge challenge by portraying a character who is utterly without emotions, a sociopathic (though not officially a sociopath) character who is distanced from the human and who murders. He portrays the ultimate monster – the one...

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August 25, 2012

Quote – Pessimists Believe the Universe Will Find a Way to do Something Nasty

“Pessimists believe that the Universe will always find a way to do something nasty and unpredictable. Something twisted.” -David Routledge – Rubber Duck (Canadian Tales of the Fantastic)

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August 24, 2012

Facebook site for Speculating Canada

I have now created a Facebook community for Speculating Canada, and I invite people to join this community. My hope is that this community will be an opportunity to have more open discussions about Canadian Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy, and other genres of the Canadian Speculative or Fantastic. The Speculating Canada site readers are an incredible resource and this...

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August 24, 2012

Quote – Understanding How Word Travels So Fast

“I swear, I do not know how word travels so quickly. It’s a magic far stronger than mine.” -Lindsey Carmichael – The Prince and the Hedgewitch (Canadian Tales of the Fantastic)

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August 23, 2012

Interview with Ian Rogers

An Interview with Ian Rogers by Derek Newman-Stille I recently had a great opportunity to meet a speculative fiction author living and writing in my own town. Somehow, despite the fact that Ian Rogers and I both live in Peterborough and both have a passion for Speculative Fiction, we hadn’t met until recently. I was very lucky to have a...

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August 22, 2012

Quote – Reality Has No Meaning Anymore

“Reality. That’s one word I’ve heard too many times lately. I’m not sure it has any meaning anymore.” -Scott Overton – Shakedown (Canadian Tales of the Fantastic)

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August 21, 2012

What is Barbarism?

A review of: Regan Wolfrom’s The Hill Where Thorvald Slew Ten Skraelings (OnSpec #88, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2012) By Derek Newman-Stille Regan Wolfrom’s The Hill Where Thorvald Slew Ten Skraelings recreates a Norse worlds where Seidr, magic, meets Viking might and ideas of strength. Wolfrom challenges ideas of masculinity in this short story, using a group of people,...

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August 20, 2012

Discovering the Canadian Fantastic

Editorial by Derek Newman-Stille When I was younger, and particularly when I was an adolescent, I remember searching for fiction that really spoke to me. I had an intense love of science fiction and read as much of it as I could. But there was something distinctly lacking in the science fiction I was reading. All of the utopian and...

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August 19, 2012

Quote – All Stories Start Somewhere

“You must remember, all stories start somewhere.” -Drew Hayden Taylor – The Night Wanderer

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