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Why SF is not so “Out There”
An Editorial by Derek Newman-Stille I often hear from people that they can’t suspend their disbelief enough to enjoy SF, and I always find that amusing because… the real world is more bizarre, weird,...
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Year in Review: What is Canadian Speculative Fiction – from the authors
People are often asking if there is such a thing as “Canadian identity”, something that differentiates Canada from other nations. I thought I would ask authors if they thought that there was something...
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Quote – Trees Enjoying You Walking Through Them
“I could feel the forest enjoying your walking through it. It was like the trees knew you.” -Charles de Lint – Mulengro (Orb 2003) Quote – Trees Enjoying You Walking Through ThemFiled under: Quotes...
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Transformative Art
A Review of OnSpec #91 Vol 24, No 4 (Winter 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille Cover photo courtesy of OnSpec (Art by Kenn Brown) One of the key narrative threads running through Volume 24, number 4 of...
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Quote – Humans Have Much To Learn From “Inferior” Life Forms
“The mortals have much to learn from what they deem inferior life forms.” -Nancy Kilpatrick – Berserker (in Vampyric Variations) Quote – Humans Have Much To Learn From “Inferior” Life FormsFiled under:...
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A Face of Shifting Leaves
A review of Urban Green Man Edited by Adria Laycraft and Janice Blaine (Edge, 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille Cover Art Courtesy of Edge Publications Have you ever looked into the woods and seen a face...
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Quote – Surface Dwelling and Energy into Transforming World into Unnatural...
“Perhaps the vulnerability of surface dwelling explains their constant, frenetic activity and their tendency to expend tremendous amounts of energy transforming the matter of their world into...
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Quote – Considering Ourselves Greater than Nature
“That they should envision themselves greater than nature, that they believe they can control eventualities with their industries both amazes and amuses you, the latter in a grim way. You survey the...
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Quote – Getting Closer To the Real World
“There’s something about this area – the lake and the land around it – that’s like a haven. I’m not hiding from the skyscrapers and parking lots and the craziness of the rest of the world by living...
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Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 31: An Interview with Marie...
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I interview the wonderful Marie Bilodeau about her new series Nigh, a series about the Fairiepocalpse. In our conversation, Marie and I discuss the...
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Who Are You?
A review of Jerome Stueart’s The Angels of Our Better Beasts (ChiZine, 2016) By Derek Newman-Stille Jerome Stueart’s The Angels of Our Better Beasts is a struggle between the multiple aspects of human...
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