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Tesseracts Ten: A Celebration of New Canadian Speculative Fiction

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edited by Robert Charles Wilson and Edo van Belkom

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INTRODUCTION ISBN-10: 1-894063-36-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-894063-36-4 5.5" X 8.5" Trade Paperback $20.95 US $20.95 CN (plus shipping) 320 Pages Robert Charles Wilson Edo van Belkom AMAZON.COM AMAZON.CA

Basic Information Page Introduction Author Biographies About the Series 322 short stories, 191 Canadian authors, editors and translators, 21 Years and 11 Volumes equals a Canadian literary legacy - The Tesseracts Series. What Makes The Tesseracts Series Special? It has history - Tesseracts One was edited by Judith Merril over 21 years ago. Each volume is compiled by a team of different editors - which keeps the collections fresh, new and ever changing. Some of Canada's most famous authors have contributed their work to the Tesseracts series (eg. Robert J. Sawyer, Élisabeth Vonarburg, and Margaret Atwood.) As of October 31, 2006: 191 Canadian authors, editors and translators (and 322 short stories and poems) have contributed to the Tesseracts Series. The series has won a mumber of awards. The most recent of which was an Aurora for Tesseracts Nine, edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman. If you are just discovering the Tesseracts Series for the first time, or reacquainting yourself with this Canadian literary legacy here are some key points to remember: Teams of the best editors: Each year EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing chooses a team of editors from among the best of Canada’s writers, publishers and critics to select innovative and futuristic short fiction and poetry from the leaders and emerging voices in Canadian speculative fiction. Award Winners: Various volumes in the series have won awards, including Tesseracts Nine, edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman, which won the Aurora award for Best Work (other) in 2006. It all began 21 years ago: The first Tesseracts collection was edited by the legendary Judith Merril, Tesseracts featured short stories and poetry by a number of different Canadian SF writers including fiction by Élisabeth Vonarburg and Hugo and Nebula award winning authors Spider Robinson, and William Gibson. 11 books in a 10 book series: As of October 31, 2006, eleven volumes bearing the Tesseracts title have been published. Why are there 11 books in a 10 book series? Number 11 is actually Tesseracts Q – a charming collection of short works from Quebec’s finest speculative fiction writers – all translated into English. From unknown to known … Tesseracts features the best: Many of Canada’s best known writers have contributed in one or more Tesseracts collection, either as writers or as editors. A few names you might recognize include Robert J. Sawyer, Margaret Atwood, and the afore mentioned international award winning Élisabeth Vonarburg and Hugo and Nebula award winning authors Spider Robinson, and William Gibson – just to name a few. The A to Z of the Tesseracts series: Here is the list of contributors of all the Tesseracts series to date. What names do you recognize? We would like to recognize each of these people and their contributions to the series’ success. Colleen Anderson, Timothy J. Anderson, David Annandale, Jean Pierre April, M. Arnott, Phyllis Aronoff, Margaret Atwood, Douglas Barbour, Edward Barnosky, Natasha Beaulieu, René Beaulieu, Greg Bechtel, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Ven Begamudré, Nancy Bennett, Jocko Benoit, Sylvie Bérard, Alain Bergeron, Bertrand Bergeron, Neil B. Bishop, Peter Bloch-Hansen, Bob Boyczuk, Jane Brierley, Michael Bullock, Cliff Burns, Mick Burrs, Andre Carpentier, Joël Champetier, E. L. Chen, Eric Choi, Mary Choo, Lesley Choyce, Jason Christie, Carolyn Clink, John Clute, John Robert Colombo, Michael G. Coney, Dorothy Corbett Gentleman, Denis Côté, Sheryl Curtis, Mark Dachuk, Charles de Lint, Marlene Dean, A.M. Dellamonica, Roger Des Roches, A.K.Dewdney, Christopher Dewdney, Jean Dion, Cory Doctorow, Candas Jane Dorsey, Ian Driscoll, Dave Duncan, Gary Eikenberry, Scott Ellis, Marian Engel, M.A.C. Farrant, M.W. Field, Victoria Fisher, Pat Forde, Susan Forest, Eduardo Frank, Heather Fraser, Benjamin Freedman, Leslie Gadallah, James Alan Gardner, William Gibson, Marg Gilks, David Godfrey, Charles Shelby Goerlitz, Leona Gom, Phyllis Gotlieb, Kelly Graves, Terence M. Green, John Greene, Wendy Greene, Agnès Guitard, Tracey Halford, Katie Harse, Tom Henighan, Robyn Herrington, Nalo Hopkinson, Laura Houghton, Matthew Hughes, Aaron Humphrey, Jan Lars Jensen, Paula Johanson, Matthew Johnson, Nancy Johnston, Sandra Kasturi, Sansoucy Kathenor, Eileen Kernaghan, Nancy Kilpatrick, David Kirkpatrick, E.B. Klassen, Dora Knez, Aliocha Kondratiev, Michèle Laframboise, Claude Lalumière, Marie-Claire Lamaire, Michel Lamontagne, M.Travis Lane, Lydia Langstaff, Scott Mackay, Catherine MacLeod, Susan A. Manchester, Michel Martin, Laurent McAllister, Margaret McBride, Judy McCrosky, Donald McGrath, Jason Mehmel, Shirley Meier, Judith Merril, Yves Meynard, Michael Mirolla, Allen Moore, Derryl Murphy, Lucille Nelson, David Nickle, P.K. Page, John Park, Lia Pas, Jacqueline Pearce, Wendy G. Pearson, Francine Pelletier, Annick Perrot-Bishop, Jean Pettigrew, Ursula Pflug, J.Marc Piché, Teresa Plowright, Claude-Michel Prévost, D.M. Price, Robert Priest, Yvonne Pronovost, Clélie Rich, Spider Robinson, Esther Rochon, Stan Rogal, Leon Rooke, Rhea Rose, Dan Rubin, Robert Runté, Geoff Ryman, Robert J. Sawyer, Karl Schroeder, Howard Scott, Keith Scott, Daniel Sernine, Marc Sévigny, Carl Sieber, Leah Silverman, Sara Simmons, Katherine Sinclair, Michael Skeet, Lisa Smedman, Douglas Smith, Gena Snyder, Pierre Sormany, Heather Spears, Hugh A.D. Spencer, Dave Sproule, Steve Stanton, Richard Stevens, Paul Stockton, Jerome Stueart, Peter Such, Susan Swan, Robert Sward, Lorna Toolis, Sarah Totton, Mildred Tremblay, Hayden Trenholm, Jean-Louis Trudel, Gerry Truscott, Edo van Belkom, Michael Vance, Élisabeth Vonarburg, Wendy Waring, Peter Watts, Andrew Weiner, Allan Weiss, Alette J. Willis, Robert Charles Wilson, Casey June Wolf, Tim Wynne-Jones, J.Michael Yates, Melissa Yuan-Innes, and Robert Zend. We are proud to welcome Tesseracts Ten to join this literary legacy of fine speculative fiction collections.

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