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The Canadian fantastic in focus : new perspectives / edited by Allan Weiss.
Van Pelt Library PR9192.6.S34 C36 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, Canadian--History and criticism--Congresses.
- Science fiction, Canadian.
- Fantasy fiction, Canadian--History and criticism--Congresses.
- Fantasy fiction, Canadian.
- Canadian fiction--21st century--History and criticism--Congresses.
- Canadian fiction.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 245 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
- Summary:
- Bringing together papers presented at the Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy from 2005 to 2013, this collection of fresh essays includes two plenary session keynote addresses-by Veronica Hollinger and by Robert Runte-and 15 papers 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. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Keynote Addresses
- Why I Read Canadian Speculative Fiction: The Social Dimension of Reading / Robert Runté Runté, Robert 14
- The Body on the Slab / Veronica Hollinger Hollinger, Veronica 34
- Canadian Science Fiction
- Cybernetic Opium Eating, the Kantian Use of Human Beings and Neuromancing the Gothic Imagination: A Narrative Link / David Milman Milman, David 44
- One Thing After Another / Dominick Grace Grace, Dominick 55
- Here Be Monsters: Posthuman Adaptation and Subjectivity in Peter Watts' Starfish / Clare Wall Wall, Clare 67
- Robert Charles Wilson's Mysterium: Thoughts on the Modern Reception of Gnosticism / Michael Kaler Kaler, Michael 81
- New Half-Way Tree and the Second World: Themes of Nation and Colonization in Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber / Brecken Hancock Hancock, Brecken 95
- Canadian Fantasy and Dark Fantasy
- Sacred Cities: Charles de Lint's Newford Books and the Mythologizing of the North American Urban Landscape / Cat Ashton Ashton, Cat 108
- The Word and the Flesh: Natural Law vs. Catholic Dogma in Rikki Ducnornet's The Stain / Tammy Dasti Dasti, Tammy 120
- Writing About Invented Places: Esther Rochons Archipelago of Vrenalik / Maude Deschênes-Pradet Deschênes-Pradet, Maude 131
- Speculating Diversity: Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring and the Use of Speculative Fiction to Disrupt Singular Interpretations of Place / Derek Newman-Stille Newman-Stille, Derek 146
- "God's Country," Evil's Playground: Susie Moloney, Michael Rowe, Brian Horeck and the Northern Ontario Gothic / Cat Ashton Ashton, Cat 159
- Can the Witch Speak? The Supernatural Subaltern in Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld / Adam Guzkowski Guzkowski, Adam 173
- Navigating the Darkness: Blindness and Vampirism in Tanya Huff's Blood Books / Derek Newman-Stille Newman-Stille, Derek 186
- Media Expressions
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the Megacity / Chester N. Scoville Scoville, Chester N. 200
- From "Space Oddity" to Canadian Reality / Isabelle Fournier Fournier, Isabelle 212
- From Monstrous Mommies to Hunting Heroines: The Evolution of Women on Supernatural / Lisa Macklem Macklem, Lisa 224.
- Notes:
- "Proceedings of the Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005-2013."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786495924
- 0786495928
- OCLC:
- 900027170
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