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Fiction: Novels

Humans

By Robert J. Sawyer

Humans, the latest novel from prolific science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer, is the second book in his Neanderthal Parallax trilogy. The novel begins with Neanderthal scientist Ponder Boddit deliberately reopening the quantum rift that ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Mindworlds

By Phyllis Gotlieb

There’s an “uh oh” feeling I get whenever I hear the words “Imperium” or “Federation” used in science fiction. Visons of a set left over from a blockbuster movie immediately come to mind: over here ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Trader

By Charles de Lint

Ottawa writer Charles de Lint frames his modern folk tales in urban settings to reveal the magical and spiritual qualities in average people and places. But Trader is an example of an urban folk tale ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Meltdown

By James Powlik

There’s a fine line to be walked when writing a suspense novel where the plot depends entirely on scientific and technical matters – a balance must be struck between information and entertainment. The challenge is ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

City of Ice

By John Farrow

In the early 1990s Montreal witnessed a brutal tit-for-tat cycle of bombings as two biker gangs, the Hells Angels and the Rock Machine, battled for dominance in that city. Now John Farrow (the pseudonym for ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Funhouse

By Sergio Kokis

With images of Kosovo everywhere, we can’t help but wonder how those countless children with the wan, shocked faces will come through all of this. Sergio Kokis has much to tell us about the distortion ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels