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Fiction: Novels

Hominids

By Robert J. Sawyer

A blurb on the jacket of Hominids, the latest novel from Toronto science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer, suggests that he be considered “Canada’s answer to Michael Crichton.” Talk about damning with faint praise. While ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dreadfulwater Shows up

By Hartley GoodWeather

DreadfulWater Shows Up is the story of Cherokee ex-cop-turned-photographer-turned-detective Thumps DreadfulWater. The book, which focuses on DreadfulWater’s investigation into a series of murders around a new condo project, creates as many mysteries as it solves.First, ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Realia

By Will Aitken

Realia, the third novel from Montreal-based writer and broadcaster Will Aitken, defies easy description. It is part straightforward quest for self-knowledge and part surrealist fantasy, an unusual merging of waking and dreamlike worlds that draws ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Talon

By Paulette Dubé

Paulette Dubé’s debut novel Talon is a testament to the tenacity of family ties: no matter where you go or with whom you share your life, you cannot escape where you came from. Dubé begins ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Stolen

By Kelley Armstrong

Once again we’re plunging into the spooky, moonlit forest – where both human and supernatural malfeasance dwells – with Kelley Armstrong’s sharp-fanged heroine Elena Michaels, whom fantasy enthusiasts will remember from Armstrong’s debut novel Bitten. ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Creation

By Katherine Govier

The whole bird-watching phenomenon is hard to get your head around: hordes of Tilley-hatted boomers, loaded down with binoculars and zoom lenses, travelling great distances in hot pursuit of ... a bird. That single-mindedness is ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels