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Compostela

Compostela

FantasyScience Fiction
Pages
349
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

This landmark twentieth volume in the Tesseracts series showcases the breadth of Canadian speculative fiction. Featuring stories from heavyweights like Robert J. Sawyer and Spider Robinson, the collection spans from far-future space travel to grounded magical realism. It serves as a definitive look at how Northern writers imagine the boundaries of the possible.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

Thought-ProvokingIntellectualAtmosphericPhilosophical
Multiple POVsFirst Contact

Genres

Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Authors

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Derryl Murphy

Derryl Murphy is known for his distinctive storytelling in books such as Compostela and Napier's bones. Readers also enjoy his work Over the Darkened Landscape.

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James Alan Gardner

James Alan Gardner writes engaging science fiction and fantasy, with notable titles including Compostela and All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault. His work has also appeared in collections like Some of the Best from Tor.com.

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Matthew Hughes

Matthew Hughes is an award-winning Canadian author, prolific in the field of short fiction. He writes science fiction, crime-fiction, and media-tie-ins under Matthew Hughes, Matt Hughes, and Hugh Matthews respectively, and is known for his Archonate series. In 2020, he was inducted into the the Canadian SF and Fantasy Hall of Fame. [(source)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hughes_(writer)

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Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer is a science fiction writer whose work often explores big ideas. You might know him from his interviews with other science fiction authors in Speaking of the Fantastic III. He's a great voice for discovering new and interesting reads.

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Spider Robinson

Spider Robinson is a writer whose work has appeared in collections like The Hugo Winners, Volume Four. He's known for his science fiction stories.

Characters

All characters in Compostela