Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction

Edited by Andrew J Wilson
and Neil Williamson

Mercat Press
304 pages paperback
ISBN:1841830860

What they're saying...

'enthralling contributions from established talents …also many stunning works from rising authors …' Daily Record

'... a spectacular and odd collection.' Time Out

'... seethes with ideas and wonderful writing.' The Herald

'excellent … consistently ambitous' The Scotsman

'If, as one of these stories has it, Scotland is "a winter country ..." it nonetheless dreams in full colour.' The Guardian

'Sampling 22 Scottish writers in one anthology will likely do you a power of good. Emerald City

'excellent new anthology …' Forbidden Planet International

'A truly weird and frequently wonderful line-up' Independent

'An excellent collection … A good mix of SF, alternate history and horror, interspered with some dry humour.' bestsf

'The regional character, apparently a mixture of earthy lyricism, dour fatalism, resolute bloody-mindedness, and the fumes of single malt, is speculatively and memorably conveyed.' Locus

'... it comes down to good writing, and there's plenty in Nova Scotia. The future may well be tartan.' infinity plus

'...a myriad of fascinating worlds ... enjoy them, savour them, and absorb the essence of what it is to be Scottish.' interzone

'a rich and readable collection of writing by exciting authors' SF Crowsnest

'a worthy snapshot of an era which is seeing a significant Scottish presence in speculative fiction' SF Foundation

'An interesting collection of short stories' NY Review of SF