Wise, winner of the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Even so, they ring with truth and the weight of history – not just personal and family history, but the weight of a people’s history. In the acknowledgements, Krasnoff notes that she was inspired by her own family history, but none of the stories are ‘absolutely true’. Publishers Weeklyīarbara Krasnoff’s The History of Soul 2065 is, simply, a remarkable book, combining elements of both fantasy (ghosts, spirits, magic time/space portals, demons) and science fiction (cyberspace/virtual reality, and other elements in a multi-generational story that (a) I heartily recommend, and (b) I’m ready to nominate (or add my nom for) this year’s Nebula Awards. Powerful and dreamlike, this intergenerational meditation on family, mortality, and hope is far more than the sum of its parts. This is storytelling at the top of the heap. If you, like me, want to hang out a while with characters rich in their own traditions, dive right in. If you, like me, admire tough writing that’s not afraid of the grit, dive right in. If you, like me, love quirky and original fantasy stories, I advise you to dive right in.
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