Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

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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July 8, 2012

Canadian Comics

Thanks to my friend Sean, I have just recently discovered a National Archives link for Canadian comic books (particularly of the superhero variety). I was surprised to find out about the rich history of comic books in Canada and the influence of Canadians and Canadian ex-patriots on the comic book industry. This site is definitely worth looking at: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/comics/index-e.html Remember,...

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July 8, 2012

Quote – They Don’t Want The War To End.

“They don’t want the war to end. They agreed on that a long time ego. Eternal war means eternal power for them. That’s why they can’t be beaten.” -Elisabeth Vonarburg – See Kathryn Run (in Tesseracts 9. Edge, 2005).

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July 6, 2012

Quote – Canadian fiction is human

“So perhaps the thing to be said about Canadian SF is that it is human, and is ultimately about a very human dilemma: What does it mean that we exist, and that we are aware that we exist?” -Nalo Hopkinson – Final Thoughts (in Tesseracts Nine. Edge, 2005).

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July 6, 2012

Quote – All Knowledge Is A Door

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July 5, 2012

Quote – on being a hero

“Everyone is a hero in their own story but it takes love and courage to be a hero to others” -Alette J. Willis – Thought and Memory (in Tesseracts Nine, Edge, Calgary, 2005).

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July 5, 2012

Deliciously Dark and Depressing Discourse on the Divine

Review of: The Object of Worship, Claude Lalumiere (in Objects of Worship, Chizine, Toronto, 2009). By Derek Newman-Stille In The Object of Worship, Lalumiere demonstrates his extraordinary powers to question societal norms about sexuality and the nature of ideas of family. His ability to engage with the strange and macabre makes this a powerful story that leaves the reader with...

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