On Spec, Spring 1997
February 1997
| Editor | The On Spec Editorial Collective |
|---|---|
| Cover art | Robert Pasternak |
| Publisher | The Copper Pig Writers' Society |
| Price | C$4.95 |
| Pages | 100 |
• Volume 9, Number 1 (# not given, but is 28)
• Published quarterly, month not noted; FEB 97 on the subscription form in the back
• "Cover © 1997 Robert Pasternak" on page 1, no visible signature on the artwork
• A major interior change began with this issue: all ON SPEC data has been combined and displayed on the inside of the front cover [used to be spread over several pages] and the publisher has added The to its name, though the © always had it.
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Essay | Non Fiction | ON the Inside... (On Spec, Spring 1997) | Jena Snyder |
| 3 | Essay | Non Fiction | ON This Issue: Guest Editorial: The Lost Valley of Adanac | Robert Runté |
| 7 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Casserole Diplomacy | fiona heath |
| 17 | Essay | Non Fiction | Guest Editorial: ON the Other Hand... Reluctant Praise | Peter Watts |
| 21 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Rat Food | Edo van Belkom & David Nickle |
| 31 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Castorologia | Steve Zipp |
| 43 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Canadaland | Derryl Murphy |
| 51 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Einstein: the Sequel | Darren Latta |
| 55 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Shuffleman | Michael Stokes |
| 67 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Meanwhile, Somewhere in Saskatchewan... | Anna Mioduchowska |
| 69 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Alien Rites and Wrongs | Marianne O. Nielsen |
| 81 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Chad | Kate Riedel |
| 92 | Essay | Non Fiction | On Writing: Cover Your ASCII | Robert J. Sawyer |
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Non Fiction | On Spec - 1997 | The On Spec Editorial Collective | |
| Cover Art | Non Fiction | On Spec, Spring 1997 | Robert Pasternak | |
| 6 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Casserole Diplomacy | Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk |
| 20 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Rat Food | Kenneth Scott |
| 30 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Castorologia | James Beveridge |
| 44 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Canadaland | Adrian Kleinbergen |
| 50 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Einstein: the Sequel | Ronn Sutton |
| 56 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Shuffleman | Mark Savona |
| 66 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Meanwhile, Somewhere in Saskatchewan... | Ronn Sutton |
| 68 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Alien Rites and Wrongs | Peter MacDougall |
| 80 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Chad | Marc Holmes |