I've never thought too hard about science fiction and fantasy poetry. I knew it existed. I knew that Robert J. Sawyer's wife was one of the form's noted practitioners. But like many fantasy readers, I've been guilty of skipping the poems or the songs that inevitably find their way into fantasy epics.
So why am I talking about it now?
In October 2010, I attended the World Fantasy Convention in Columbus, Ohio. At one of the many parties, this one hosted by Canadian publisher ChiZine, a poetry reading broke out amidst the launch of 's In the Mean Time and 's Nexus: Ascension.
, ChiZine co-publisher declared we would listen to a poem because "she'd bought the beer". She read a poem from her first collection called "Frankenstein's Monster's Wife's Therapist."
Amazing.
Now, lo and behold, one of Canada's two major SF&F awards, the Prix Auroras, have added a poetry category. Both Clink and Kasturi published numerous poems in 2010, also notable is 's "Waiting for the Harrowing". Even the "Dean of Canadian Science Fiction", has an eligible work; his prose poem, "The Transformed Man".
No longer a category I'll be ignoring.
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is the author of nine novels, including the Hugo and Nebula nominated Boneshaker. Bloodshot, her first Urban Fantasy, releases Tuesday, January 25th.Cherie was kind enough to answer a few questions about her latest novel.
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The 2011 Prix Aurora Awards have opened to nominations in all categories. If you're a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident, you can have a say in who will take home a Prix Aurora trophy.
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Canadian filmmaker 's recent film, Pontypool, was based on the novel Pontypool Changes Everything. The two artists have collaborated again with the book trailer for ChiZine Publications' People Live Still in Cashtown Corners.
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"Reverend" Asher Rook is a Hexslinger, a man who can shatter nature's laws with magic. The Civil War bled the faith out of him until he ended up swinging from a rope and partnered with fierce killer Chess Pargeter. Pinkerton Ed Morrow has infiltrated Rook's gang trying to map the extent of Rook's power and find a way to detect Hexslingers before they manifest. But the goddess Ixchel, mother of all hanged men, wants Rook and Pargeter for her own purposes and outlaws and lawmen both will have to ride through Hell to stop her.
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