The In-Between Space
A Review of Lynda Williams’ The Courtesan Prince (Edge, 2005). By Derek Newman-Stille Cover photo of The Courtesan Prince courtesy of Edge Publications The Reetions and the Gelacks, two branches of the...
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A review of Gary W. Renshaw’s “Vacation” in OnSpec #92 Vol. 25, No. 1 Cover for OnSpec Spring 2013 courtesy of OnSpec By Derek Newman-Stille Most SF authors write from their offices or living rooms,...
View ArticleSpeculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 15: An Author Reading With Kate...
Magic Dwelling on the Edges: An Author Reading by Kate Story and Suzanne Church Hosted by Derek Newman-Stille Tune in to “Magic Dwelling on the Edges: An Author Reading by Kate Story and Suzanne...
View ArticleQuote – Feeling the Universe Spinning Loose
“Secretly, late at night, I would feel the universe spinning loose around me: boundless, nameless, a vortex of darkness within which my life became less than a speck of dust. The night sky would tilt...
View ArticleSpeculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 30: A Discussion About Performing...
In this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, Kate Story joins us back in the studio to talk about the other part of her multifaceted spec fic persona – her role as a performer. Kate talks...
View ArticleDrawing Attention to Oppression
A review of Jerome Stueart’s “You Will Draw This Life Out to Its End” in The Angels of Our Better Beasts (ChiZine, 2016) By Derek Newman-Stille As much as Jerome Stueart’s “You Will Draw This Life Out...
View ArticleDecolonized Space
Decolonized Space A review of Drew Hayden Taylor’s “Lost in Space” in Take Us To Your Cheif (Douglas & McIntyre, 2016). By Derek Newman-Stille In “Lost in Space”, Drew Hayden Taylor explores the...
View ArticleGalactic Anthropology
A review of Julie Czerneda’s “Beholder’s Eye” (Penguin Random House, 2016) By Derek Newman-Stille In Beholder’s Eye, Julie Czerneda explores the possibilities of consciousness in varying shapes and...
View ArticleDisability and Identity in a Changeable Universe
A Review of James Alan Gardner’s Hunted (HarperCollins, 2000). By Derek Newman-Stille Edward is a man with an intellectual disability who grew up being treated as a child by his sister and as an...
View ArticleEnnui in Space
A review of James Alan Gardner’s Ascending (Open Road Media) By Derek Newman-Stille Ascending is James Alan Gardner’s discourse on boredom wrapped up in science fiction. Gardner’s narrator Oar is from...
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