Tesseracts Nine, edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman, features twenty-three stories and poems that expand and showcase the dimensions of speculative fiction with startling visions of the future by new and established Canadian authors. . Presenting a wide variety of material from absurdist humour, poetry, and vampires, to time travel to illustrate a just a few of the topics. The later stories and poems explore the themes of loss and death without becoming pessimistic or depressing.
Included in this anthology are:
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A Canadian identity? No, thanks
by Geoff Ryman
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Lemmings in the Third Year
by Jerome Stueart
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Principles of Animal Eugenetics
by Yves Meynard
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Mom and Mother Teresa
by Jane Dorsey
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Fin-de-siecle
by E.L. Chen
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Thought and Memory
by Alette J. Willis
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Jimmy Away to Me
by Sarah Totton
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Before the Altar on the Feast of Souls
by Marg Gilks
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Newbie Wrangler
by Timothy J. Anderson
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Light Remembered
by Daniel Sernine
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The Singing
by Dan Rubin
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See Kathryn Run
by Elisabeth Vonarburg
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Mirrors
by Rene Beaulieu
•
Omphalos
by Pat Forde
•
Writing on the Wall
by Steve Stanton
•
Mayfly
by Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy
•
Our Lady of the Snows
by Nancy Kilpatrick
•
Final Thoughts
by Nalo Hopkinson
Other showcased authors are: Casey Wolf, Claude Lalumiere, Allan Weiss, Sylvie Berard, Anthony McDonald, and Jason Mehmel
Poets: Sandra Kasturi and Rhea Rose-Fleming
Contributor biographies are at the back of the book.
Tesseracts Nine, edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman, features twenty-three stories and poems that expand and showcase the dimensions of speculative fiction with startling visions of the future by new and established Canadian authors. . Presenting a wide variety of material from absurdist humour, poetry, and vampires, to time travel to illustrate a just a few of the topics. The later stories and poems explore the themes of loss and death without becoming pessimistic or depressing.
Included in this anthology are:
•
A Canadian identity? No, thanks
by Geoff Ryman
•
Lemmings in the Third Year
by Jerome Stueart
•
Principles of Animal Eugenetics
by Yves Meynard
•
Mom and Mother Teresa
by Jane Dorsey
•
Fin-de-siecle
by E.L. Chen
•
Thought and Memory
by Alette J. Willis
•
Jimmy Away to Me
by Sarah Totton
•
Before the Altar on the Feast of Souls
by Marg Gilks
•
Newbie Wrangler
by Timothy J. Anderson
•
Light Remembered
by Daniel Sernine
•
The Singing
by Dan Rubin
•
See Kathryn Run
by Elisabeth Vonarburg
•
Mirrors
by Rene Beaulieu
•
Omphalos
by Pat Forde
•
Writing on the Wall
by Steve Stanton
•
Mayfly
by Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy
•
Our Lady of the Snows
by Nancy Kilpatrick
•
Final Thoughts
by Nalo Hopkinson
Other showcased authors are: Casey Wolf, Claude Lalumiere, Allan Weiss, Sylvie Berard, Anthony McDonald, and Jason Mehmel
Poets: Sandra Kasturi and Rhea Rose-Fleming
Contributor biographies are at the back of the book.