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Other Canadas: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy

John Robert Colombo

First published 1979
Publisher McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages viii+360
Price $15.95
ISBN 0070829527

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  • First printing per number line
  • "Voyage to New France" is the opening section of A Voyage to the Moon as translated by Richard Aldington, 1923.
  • "Mount Hatteras" is Chapter XXIV of Le désert de glace from Works of Jules Verne (1911), edited by Charles F. Horne
  • "The Finding of the Copper Cylinder" is the opening chapter of the novel
  • "A Fragment from Utopia" is an extract from Afternoons in Utopia
  • "Akua Nuten" translated by Howard Roiter
  • "Mr. Blink" translated by Michael Bullock
  • "The Archangel of the Suburb" translated by Betty Bednarski
  • "Infinite Variation" is original to this anthology
  • Reaney's, MacEwen's, Couzyn's, & Gotlieb's poems are each grouped under the heading "There Poems" (which is how they are also listed in the ToC), but the individual titles also appear.
  • Nowlan's poems are grouped under the heading "Four Poems" (which is how they are also listed in the ToC), but the individual titles also appear.
  • Colombo's poems are grouped under the heading "Mostly Monsters" (which is how they are also listed in the ToC), but the individual titles also appear.
  • "Universe" is the commentary to the 1960 documentary of the same name

Year Reviewer Publication
1980 Terence M. Green Science Fiction Review, February 1980
2002 James Schellenberg Challenging Destiny, June 2002

Searching by ISBN: 0070829527

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Preface (Other Canadas) John Robert Colombo Essay
7 Voyage to New France Cyrano de Bergerac Short Fiction
16 Mount Hatteras Jules Verne Short Fiction
23 The Finding of the Copper Cylinder (extract) James De Mille Short Fiction
30 The Child of the Phalanstery Grant Allen Novelette
43 The Fear of It Robert Barr Short Story
49 The Wendigo Algernon Blackwood Novella
89 Consider Her Ways (extract) Frederick Philip Grove Short Fiction
104 A Fragment from Utopia Stephen Leacock Short Fiction
110 Black Destroyer A. E. van Vogt Novelette
138 Good-Bye, Ilha! Laurence Manning Short Story
146 Of the People Gordon R. Dickson Short Story
151 After the Sirens Hugh Hood Short Story
160 A Queen in Thebes Margaret Laurence Short Fiction
171 Akua Nuten Yves Thériault Short Story
179 Mr. Blink Michel Tremblay Short Fiction
182 The Archangel of the Suburb Jacques Ferron Short Story
185 The Military Hospital Phyllis Gotlieb Short Story
198 Sparklebugs, Holly and Love Michael G. Coney Short Story
214 Infinite Variation H. A. Hargreaves Short Fiction
220 No Renewal Spider Robinson Short Story
225 The Philosopher's Stone Stephen Scobie Short Fiction
242 The Walker of the Snow Charles Dawson Shanly Poem
244 The City of the End of Things Archibald Lampman Poem
247 The Were-Wolves Wilfred Campbell Poem
250 Shamballah Bliss Carman Poem
255 Antichrist as a Child James Reaney Poem
256 Tarzan jad guru James Reaney Poem
257 The Katenjammer Kids James Reaney Poem
258 Windigo George Bowering Poem
263 The Armies of the Moon Gwendolyn MacEwen Poem
264 The Vacuum Cleaner Dream Gwendolyn MacEwen Poem
265 Flight One Gwendolyn MacEwen Poem
266 Specimen 2001, Probably 21c Jeni Couzyn Poem
267 Preparation of Human Pie Jeni Couzyn Poem
269 What Can We Make to Replace a Man Jeni Couzyn Poem
270 The Moon Landing Alden Nowlan Poem
271 A Poem About Miracles Alden Nowlan Poem
271 Plot for a Science-Fiction Novel Alden Nowlan Poem
272 O'Sullivan's World Alden Nowlan Poem
274 Buck Rogers John Robert Colombo Poem
275 Hal 9000 John Robert Colombo Poem
275 In the Land of Unblind Judith Merril Short Fiction
280 Seeing Eye Phyllis Gotlieb Poem
282 ms & mr frankenstein Phyllis Gotlieb Poem
285 was/man Phyllis Gotlieb Poem
287 Moonwalks Douglas Barbour Poem
296 The Dominion in 1983 Ralph Centennius Short Fiction
320 Universe Stanley Jackson & Roman Kroitor Essay
326 Canadian Science Fiction David Ketterer Essay
333 Canadian Monsters Margaret Atwood Essay
273|273.1 The Body Snatchers John Robert Colombo Poem
273|273.2 Flash Gordon John Robert Colombo Poem

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Other Canadas: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Cover 1979 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Hardcover Anthology viii+360