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Mythspring: From the Lyrics and Legends of Canada [Paperback]

Julie E. Czerneda (Author), Genevieve Kierans (Author)
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Book Description

Release Date: Mar 30 2006 | Series: Realms of Wonder

Aurora Award - Best Work in English (Other), Nominee 2007

Aurora Award - Best Short-Form Work in English finalist for:

  • All the Cool Monsters at Once, James Alan Gardner
  • This Ink Feels Like Sorrow, Karin Lowachee

    What happens

    When myth

    Meets storyteller?

    Something new is born.

    Mythspring

    Song and story. Myth and tradition. They are a shared legacy that both satisfies and inspires. Join these talented authors as they celebrate the rich, diverse, and occasionally truly odd culture of our country.

    Mythspring is an anthology of original short speculative fiction, including fantasy, science fiction, and horror, where each story is derived from a Canadian song, folktale, myth, or other cultural source. Excerpts of the source text or image appears in the book with each story, along with a brief description of how the author was inspired by it.



    Includes stories from notable speculative fiction authors such as Charles de Lint, James Alan Gardener, Alison Baird, Tanya Huff and Karin Lowachee.

    The stories will be suitable for an older young adult audience, and the book will be of great interest to educators. It will be included as a "special event" volume within the Realms of Wonder series of original fantasy anthologies.



    Be inspired. Celebrate our wealth of ideas and talent. Taste the delights of Mythspring.

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    "This book should appeal to a wide variety of ages and interests.

    Recommended"

    -- CM Magazine

    "Editors Julie E. Czerneda and Genevieve Kierans have summoned over a dozen Canadian writers to supply stories inspired by "the lyrics and legends of Canada." What results is a stimulating journey through northern realms of the imagination. . . Latest in a welcome resurgence of Canadian fantastical literature, this volume is one to keep close by on cold nights when the Wendigo stalks."

    -- Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

    "With the relative dearth of Canadian fantasy for younger readers, this anthology of 16 short stories is a welcome contribution. . . . Even better, each of the stories is associated with a Canadian legend, song, or local story. . . And although there's some unevenness in the writing and conception of the stories, there's plenty here to entertain and tickle the brain and heart."

    -- Quill and Quire

    About the Author

    Julie E. Czerneda is an award-winning science fiction author. Among her works are In the Company of Others, winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel, and To Trade the Stars, Julie also edited the Wonder Zone series, science fiction anthologies that teach science concepts to younger readers.

    Genevieve Kierans has never done things half-way, with multiple careers as a ballerina, actress, journalist and theatre critic. For almost 17 years she ran her own PR firm, specializing in publicity for film and TV. Kierans is a graduate of the Clarion Workshop and is the author of the award-winning "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Lady of Land's End." Her continuing battle with ALS limits her to typing with only one finger. Despite that, Genevieve was happy to take time from her writing Mythspring.

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    5.0 out of 5 stars A top notch Canadian anthology April 15 2006
    By Dennis Mullin
    This is a themed anthology. In this case take a Canadian legend, folktale, song and use that as the springboard for a story. Each original story is prefaced by the item that inspired it.

    Contents:
    * "The Ghost of Watson's Mill Is Online", Daniel Archambault
    * "Walking With Wolves", Alison Baird
    * "The Universal Soldier", Charles de Lint
    * "All the Cool Monsters at Once", James Alan Gardner
    * "After November", Roben Goodfellow
    * "Under Summons", Tanya Huff
    * "Over Lunar White", Lorne Kates
    * "The Lady of Land's End", Genevieve Kierans
    * "Mirror, Mirror", Genevieve Kierans
    * "Windigo", Mark Ladouceur
    * "This Is the Ice Age", Claude Lalumière
    * "This Ink Feels Like Sorrow", Karin Lowachee
    * "Over the Darkened Landscape", Derryl Murphy
    * "Safe Passage", Karina Sumner-Smith
    * "The Harpy", Lynda Williams
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Who knew? April 6 2008
    By Jay Pako - Published on Amazon.com
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    I've been reading this on my morning bus commute. I've missed my stop twice because I was so engrossed in one of the tales. I'm a Charles DeLint fan which is why I bought the book. It introduced me to a whole bunch of interesting Canadian writers with great stories to tell. The famous Canadian monster story is a hoot. Who knew Canada had so many national monsters?
    4.0 out of 5 stars De Lint included Sep 8 2009
    By Jo Schram - Published on Amazon.com
    Being an avid De Lint fan I bought this book since he is included.

    Interesting collection of stories. Nice to read other things from other authors besides my favorite De Lint.

    Something different to buy.
    0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well handled Jan 11 2009
    By Faith O'toole - Published on Amazon.com
    Thank you for the great service. The seller contacted me to let me know there would be a slight delay in shipping the book due to bad weather in the area. I am very happy with the way it was handled and the book arrived shortly there after in perfect condition.
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