Canadian Fantastic in Focus

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  • ISBN 9780786495924
  • Weight: 345g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Dec 2014
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Bringing together papers presented at the Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy from 2005 to 2013, this collection of essays includes Veronica Hollinger's keynote address, "The Body on the Slab," and Robert Runte's Aurora Award-winning paper, "Why I Read Canadian Speculative Fiction," along with 15 other contributions on science fiction and fantasy literature, television and music by Canadian creators.

Authors discussed include Charles de Lint, Nalo Hopkinson, Tanya Huff, Esther Rochon, Peter Watts and Robert Charles Wilson. Essays on the television show Supernatural and the Scott Pilgrim comics series are also included.

Allan Weiss is an associate professor of English and humanities at York University in Toronto. He edited two previous proceedings volumes for the conference, Perspectives on the Canadian Fantastic and Further Perspectives on the Canadian Fantastic, and his short-story collection Living Room appeared in 2001.