Tesseracts 7

Tesseracts Anthology #7

by Paula Johanson (Editor), Jean-Louis Trudel (Editor), Robert Boyczuk

Readers will find both familiar and new authors in this seventh volume of speculative fiction and poetry showcasing the very best in Canadian literature (including French-Canadian authors whose works are translated into English), as well as a special international Spanish translation.
Tesseracts7 includes top talents such Candas Jane Dorsey, Bob Boyczuk, Cory Doctorow, Jan Lars Jensen, Teresa Plowright, Yves Meynard, Michael Skeet, Mildred Trembley, Élisabeth Vonarburg, and Gerry Truscott.

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories

283 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 1998

About the author

Paula Johanson is a writer and editor of both fiction and non-fiction books. A long-time member of SF Canada, she has been nominated twice for the national Prix Aurora Award for Canadian Science Fiction.

Reviews

[Philip Hollenback · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't quite sure what to expect of a book of 'Canadian speculative fiction' (other than references to Tim Horton) but I was delighted with this anthology. The big advantage of reading anthologies from other countries is you are unlikely to find anything you've read before, and this book delivered in that regard. Amazingly, even the poems were enjoyable (unlike say the Nebula Award poems).

I would generally classify these stories as science fiction, although mostly of the very 'soft' variety. The final story Query by Bob Boyczuk was particularly entertaining, involving an editor who travels into a deep crevasse to retrieve pages of a missing manuscript. Other highlights included Highway Closure by Aaron Humphrey and Trememdum by David Annandale.

Almost all the stories in this anthology are quite short so it's easy to pick it up and read one or two pieces between reading other books. This is the first Tesseracts collection I've read so I'm probably going to track down and read all the rest of them now.

[Brian Gaston · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of the long running Tesseract series. A good selection of stories but not as strong as some of the books in the series.

[Lila Klassen · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent collection with a wide variety of stories in both subject and style.