Tesseracts 4

Tesseracts Anthology #4

by Lorna Toolis (Editor), Michael Skeet (Editor), Charles de Lint (Contributor)

Tesseracts4 expands the future of speculative fiction in the fourth instalment of this popular anthology of Canadian writers.
Enter worlds where reproductive laws yield a biotechnical marriage of the flesh ... take the stage with a rock 'n' roll band, its fame, fortune and phantom ... prepare for the gift of flight on eagles' wings ... experience the angst of a mother as she searches for her abducted dream child on video ... hand raise a mythical beast in the comfort of your home ... go behind a freakshow cage to meet a philosophical man-faced dog ... charge a truly animalistic sexuality to your credit card.

Genres: Science Fiction, Anthologies

272 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

Reviews

[Sal · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot more fantasy/sci-fi hybrids than I would have assumed.

[Greg · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a quality collection of science fiction and fantasy from Canadian authors. It seems like, at least in 1992, that the defining characteristic of Canadian science fiction is a denigration of the United States. Several stories feature the United States becoming some sort of theocracy led by the Religious Right. Abortion figures strongly in several of stories.

[Ursula Pflug · Rating 5 out of 5]

My story "Judy" was reprinted in Tesseracts Four, edited by Lorna Toolis and Michael Skeet.

"Judy" first appeared in the stalwart "This Magazine," Volume 17, No. 4, in October 1983, with my illustration, which it would be fun to scan and upload.

http://www.thismagazine.ca/

[Edwin Downward · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with the other Tesseracts anthologies, this edition has it's share of lows, mehs, and highlights that made the whole trip worthwhile.

Among the best are Time Shrink by Tim Wynne-Jones, Father Time by Derryl Murphy, and Out of Sync by Ven Begamudre.