July 21, 2012 Quote – Questions Best Left To Science Fiction Writers “It was one of those questions best left to philosophers and science fiction writers.” -Drew Hayden Taylor – The Night Wanderer Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 20, 2012 Quote – Decisions Create Worlds “Every time we make a decision, we make another world. We do one thing, and we’re in the world that decision called up, but at the same time, we didn’t do it, so we’re in that other world, too. It goes on forever, all these worlds..” -Charles de Lint – Many Worlds are Born Tonight. In The Very Best of... Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 19, 2012 Quote – Everything Connected “But don’t you see? It doesn’t matter if it was a coincidence or not…. It’s more of that ‘small world, spooky world’… Everything’s connected. It doesn’t matter if we can’t see how, it’s still all connected. You know, chaos theory and all that.” -Charles de Lint – Crow Girls In The Very Best of Charles de Lint. Categories Quotes Comments: 0
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... Categories Fiction Book Reviews Comments: 0
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) Categories Quotes Comments: 0
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) Categories Quotes Comments: 0
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... Categories Fiction Book Reviews Comments: 0
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). Categories Quotes Comments: 0
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... Categories News Comments: 2