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September 21, 2025

An Interview with Christy Climenhage

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Christy Climenhage when we were both on a panel about Near Future EcoFiction at WorldCon’s Online Edmonton bid. We had an amazing conversation about EcoFiction and Christy read from her newest book The Midnight Project. I, of course, knew that I would need to interview her and share her perspectives here on Speculating...

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January 14, 2015

Only More Death on the Horizon

A review of Tony Burgess’ The n-Body Problem (ChiZine Publications, 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille Tony Burgess’ The n-Body Problem is a pharmacological journey through the zombie apocalypse, and a discourse on the collective social habit of avoiding one’s problems. The n-Body Problem explores a world where people keep moving after death, not threateningly or aggressively, but moving nonetheless evoking the...

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March 8, 2013

Interview with Scott Fotheringham

An Interview with Scott Fotheringham By Derek Newman-Stille This was a great interview to follow up with our interview of Julie Czerneda since Scott Fotheringham also has a background in biology and has experienced both the worlds of science and Canadian fiction authorship. I have been pondering the relationship between speculative fiction writing and science for some time, and have...

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March 5, 2013

Upcoming Interview with Scott Fotheringham on Friday March 8

This is a great interview to follow the interview with Julie Czerneda. Join Speculating Canada on Friday March 8 to hear another scientist who has turned to fiction writing discuss their ideas, thoughts, and inspirations. Scott Fotheringham is a former molecular biologist who is currently a fiction author. Although he does not identify as an author of SF, much of...

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December 29, 2012

It’s the End Of The World As We Know It, and I Feel Speculative

A review of OnSpec #90, Vol 24, No. 3 Fall 2012 Apocalypse Special Issue. By Derek Newman-Stille On Spec, with their combination of SF stories and non-fiction SF essays and interviews, never fails to be entertaining, but the special issue on the apocalypse was even more fantastic than most. It was as thought-provoking as it was entertaining, reminding readers of...