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The Onion Girl

By Charles de Lint

I’m an onion girl,” says Jilly Coppercorn, the chipper star of Charles De Lint’s sequence of fantasy novels set in the fictional city of Newford (think “a magical Ottawa”). Jilly is also the protagonist of ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Polar Circus

By D.A. Barry

Mystery novels that begin with a flashback (or a glimpse ahead) usually do so to conceal an opening scene that is not dramatic or interesting enough on its own. When a novel begins with two ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Black Chalice

By Marie Jakober

The Black Chalice is an intelligent, well-crafted, absorbing tale by Calgary fantasy writer Marie Jakober. Set in the 12th century, and drawing heavily on Grail mythology and medieval Christian philosophy, it portrays a fierce battle ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Humans

By Robert J. Sawyer

Humans, the latest novel from prolific science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer, is the second book in his Neanderthal Parallax trilogy. The novel begins with Neanderthal scientist Ponder Boddit deliberately reopening the quantum rift that ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Mindworlds

By Phyllis Gotlieb

There’s an “uh oh” feeling I get whenever I hear the words “Imperium” or “Federation” used in science fiction. Visons of a set left over from a blockbuster movie immediately come to mind: over here ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels