Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction
An anthology of SFF fiction and poetry by writers of Scottish birth and residence launched at the World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow in 2005.
Edited by Andrew J Wilson and Neil Williamson and featuring the talents of David Pringle, Edwin Morgan, Ken MacLeod, Hannu Rajaniemi, Hal Duncan, A.J. McIntosh, Andrew J. Wilson, Marion Arnott, Michael Cobley, Ron Butlin, Angus McAllister, Jane Yolen, Andrew C. Ferguson, Deborah J. Miller, Gavin Inglis, Harvey Welles & Philip Raines, Stefan Pearson, Matthew Fitt, Charles Stross, William Meikle, Neil Williamson, John Grant and Jack Deighton.
Published by Mercat Press (now Birlinn).
World Fantasy Award finalist 2006.
‘… a spectacular and odd collection.’ Time Out
‘… seethes with ideas and wonderful writing.’ The Herald
‘excellent … consistently ambitious’ The Scotsman
‘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
