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IMAGINARIUM 2012: THE BEST
CANADIAN SPECULATIVE WRITING
• ChiZine Publications and Tightrope Books unite in a joint venture to produce a yearly
anthology of speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, and magic
realism). Canadian speculative fiction has been increasingly recognized internationally for
the calibre of its authors and their insight into the nature of social and cultural identities, the
implications of new technologies, and the relationship between humankind and its
environments. At their best, these pieces disrupt habits and overcome barriers of cultural
perception to make the familiar strange through the use of speculative elements such as
magic and technology. They provide glimpses of alternate realities and possible futures and
pasts that provoke an ethical, social, political, environmental, and biological inquiry into
what it means to be human.
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• The first edition of an annual anthology that promises to be a valuable addition to the Best
Canadian Series, which includes The Best Canadian Poetry in English and The Best
Canadian Essays.
ISBN-13: 978-1-926851-67-9
Price: $15.95 ($17.95 CAN)
Publisher: ChiZine Publications
Writer: Kelley Armstrong, Cory
Doctorow, Steven Erikson,
Gemma Files, Silvia
Moreno-Garcia, David Nickle,
Geoff Ryman, Peter Watts, Rio
Youers
Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 300
Carton Qty: 40
Format: Softcover,
Black & White
Frequency: Annual
Recommended Age: Mature
Readers (ages 16 and up)
Other Works by Creators: In
the Dark: Stories from the
Supernatural
(ISBN-13 978-0-9738645-5-7,
$21.95)
Comparison Title: Year's Best
Fantasy and Horror 21
(ISBN-13 978-0-312-38048-9,
$21.95), Year's Best Science
Fiction
(ISBN-13 978-0-312-56950-1,
$21.99), Best American Fantasy
(ISBN-13 978-0-8095-6280-0,
$14.95)
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Ship Date: 7/10/2012
Rights: Canada, Mexico, United
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