Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

July 17, 2012

Deathly innocence.

Review of: Dave Cherniak’s There’s Nothing To Fear (On Spec #88, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2012) By Derek Newman-Stille Dave Cherniak’s There’s Nothing to Fear shows an economy of words, but a depth of expression. His story is short, but poignant and is able to encapsulate his poetic skills and ability to draw a mental picture of the setting...

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July 16, 2012

Quote – Outlandish Becomes Routine

“A thing, or event is a source of wonder for a brief time, then it begins to seem routine no matter how outlandish it is.” -Allan Weiss – Heaven and Earth (in Tesseracts Nine. Edge, Calgary, 2005)

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July 15, 2012

Quote – finding out what makes it Canadian

“Canadian science fiction spends a lot of time trying to decide what makes it Canadian.” -Nalo Hopkinson – Final Thoughts (in Tesseracts Nine. Edge, Calgary, 2005)

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July 14, 2012

Amateur Theatre… in Space

Review of “A Little Space Music” by Edward Willett. In On Spec Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2012. By Derek Newman-Stille In “A Little Space Music”, Edward Willett demonstrates his creative wit and humour. He plays on an issue that is familiar to any of us who have done amateur theatre… the issue of making a cast out of actors...

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July 13, 2012

Quote – The ultimate horror…

“Then came the ultimate horror. The monstrosity made a noise like a sabre-toothed tiger coughing up a hairball… and began to sing.” -Edward Willett – A Little Space Music (in On Spec Spring 2012).

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July 12, 2012

Quote – All Forests Are One

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July 12, 2012

Canadian Superheroes Volume in Progress

I am excited to discover that Claude Lalumiere is working on a volume of Canadian superhero stories with Camille Alexa titled Masked Mosaic. Lalumiere has written several stories on the Canadian superheroic including Hochalga and Sons (from Objects of Worship ChiZine 2009) about a Jewish victim of the holocaust who, due to Nazi experimentation became a superhero whose goal is...

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July 11, 2012

Quote- listen to the world around you

“Now I want you to listen… to the world around you. And I want you to smell it too. And feel it on your skin and hair. And if you can, taste it on the wind.” -Drew Hayden Taylor – The Night Wanderer (Annick Press, 2007)

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July 10, 2012

Blind Magic

A Review of Alison Sinclair’s Darkborn, book 1 of the Darkborn trilogy. (Roc, 2010). By Derek Newman-Stille In the first novel of her Darkborn trilogy, Sinclair introduces us to the Darkborn, a race that was cursed long ago to live in perpetual darkness. Even tiny exposure to light causes them to disintegrate. As a result, all Darkborn have become fully...

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July 9, 2012

Quote- Love and the Offering of the Heart

“When I kissed you and felt you offering up that gentle heart of yours, I knew I could not bear to lose you” -Alison Sinclair, Darkborn (Roc, 2009)

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