Monday Spotlight: Is Canadian SF Different From American SF?
My website at sfwriter.com contains 530 documents totaling over one million words of text. Although a few pages there are hit frequently, lots of the stuff only attracts an occasional visitor. I thought it would be fun to start each Monday by spotlighting what I think is an interesting, but seldom-looked-at, document on my site. So, here is the first weekly RJS "Monday Spotlight," an essay entitled "Is Canadian SF Different from American SF?"
I wrote this essay nine years ago, back in 1997, but, given that the cover story in the current Locus wrestles with the very same issue (and features another essay by me), I thought people might enjoy a look at this older piece.
Posted by Rob on Monday, January 23, 2006
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So one doesn't run into legal problems using a different publishing house for Canada and America?
How would that be done? A non-exclusive license in the contract?
Rob, welcome to the blogsphere :)
This is an odd issue for people to consider.
I mean, authors probably bring some of their own culture into their stories and it can make the stories interesting and different, but it doesn't make the stories any better or worse.
A character saying 'eh' in a dialogue probably wouldn't make or break the story ;)
C.Rooney: Exactly! Contracts specify rights by territory. Common combos are Canada and the US together; Canada and the UK together; or each of those three separately.
yeah, i think they differ by cultural aspects... but i think the main theme of science fiction is still present.
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I don't know if Canadian Science Fiction is different than American Science fiction but I do know that Canadian Bacon is different than American Bacon.
And you know what? I can't stand Canadian bacon ... (which we call back bacon up here). On the other hand, I actually like American cheese! :)
American cheese !!
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Is British scifi different to US or Canadian scifi?
Just interested
So how do they both differ from British SF?
Hi, Steve. Wellll, I like to quip that American SF has happy endings, Canadian SF has sad endings, and British SF has no endings at all. But the point of the essay "Is CanadianSF Different From American SF" is that good stories are good stories, period; there are not profound differences between Canadian, British, or American writers.
I like it. But you should know that America is better than Canadia in every conceivable way. Except we don't have milk in a bag.
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