Tag: canadian science fiction

BETWEEN STARS AND STORIES, ORBITING IDEAS: ASTRONOMER VALENTIN D. IVANOV, THE COSMOS AND THE GREAT EUROPEAN SF CONTINUUM

INTERVIEW WITH VALENTIN D. IVANOV– CRISTIAN TAMAȘ CRISTIAN TAMAȘ: As someone working at the European Southern Observatory, you operate in one of the most international scientific environments in Europe. Why do you think European science fiction — unlike European science — remains so fragmented along national lines? Valentin D. Ivanov: A great aspects of working at the large international institution is that one does not feel...

“EMPIRE AT SEA”: THE FUTURE FLOATS

2026 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: VENICE IMMERSIVE ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE There are moments in cinema when the screen stops being a window and becomes a portal. "Empire at Sea", Peter Flaherty’s twenty‑two‑minute SF solarpunk odyssey, doesn’t just invite you to watch—it drags you, salt‑sprayed and blinking, into its shimmering world of steel, algae, and ghosts of the mainland. The film opens on the Aurora rig, a floating sanctuary...
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The 34th Congrès Boréal : The Biggest Francophone SF&F Event in the Americas

The 34th edition of Congrès Boréal, is taking place between 5-7 May 2017, in Québec City, Québec province, Canada. The Guests of Honor are the...

Margaret Atwood wins the 2016 Kitschies Red Tentacle Award for “The Heart Goes Last”

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian vision of the future "The Heart Goes Last" has won the Canadian author the 2016 Kitschie Red Tentacle Award for the...

2016 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium (with Margaret Atwood) in Toronto, Canada

  The Toronto SpecFic Colloquium is a one-day event featuring lectures, readings and discussions from major Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror authors as well as...

Evolution, Digital Immortality, and Freenet – Nina Munteanu (Canada)

Canadian author Steve Stanton’s fourth science fiction book Freenet explores humanity in the far future after we have created the “Macpherson Doorway” through folded...

Solaris Celebrates it’s 40th Anniversary !

   Solaris is a Canadian francophone Science-fiction and Fantasy magazine founded in 1974 in Longueuil (Quebec, Canada) by Norbert Spehner. Norbert Spehner (born October 21, 1943...