Open Space: New Canadian Fantastic Fiction [Paperback]

Claude Lalumiére (Editor), Cory Doctorow (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 14, 2003

This anthology of daring ideas and distinctive voices showcases the multicultural spirit of Canada as it spans the spectrum of speculative fiction from science fiction through fantasy and horror.

Join Mark Anthony Brennan, Matthew Costaris, Richard Gavin, Ahmed A. Kahn, Drew Karpyshyn, Murray Leeder, Catherine MacLeod, Derryl Murphy, Vincent W. Sakowski, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Steve Vernon, Melissa Yuan-Innes, and many other new and established writers of fantastic fiction for a journey into the farthest reaches of the Canadian imagination.

Includes an introduction by Cory Doctorow, winner of the 2000 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and author of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A successful anthology . . . wonderfully eccentric."
-- sfsite.com

"A classy effort . . . the future of fantastical literature in North America is in good hands."
-- SciFi.com

"Great fiction to be proud of."
-- SFRevu.com

About the Author

Claude Lalumière is a Montreal writer whose first collection is Object of Worship (ChiZine Publications 2009). He has edited eight anthologies, including Open Space: New Canadian Fantastic Fiction, Island Dreams: Montreal Writers of the Fantastic, and Tesseracts Twelve: New Novellas of Canadian Fantastic Fiction. He writes the Fantastic Fiction column for The Montreal Gazette.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Red Deer Press; 1 edition (August 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889952817
• ISBN-13: 978-0889952812
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,571,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Claude Lalumière writes weird fiction, edits anthologies, and has published hundreds of nonfiction articles. He lives in Montreal, Canada, where he was raised in French, but somehow ended up living, reading, writing, working, and dreaming in English. With Rupert Bottenberg, Claude is the co-creator of lostmyths.net.