Steve Stanton is a Canadian author, editor, and publisher.
He founded Skysong Press in 1988 and published the literary
fanzine
A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''-zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by fan (person), enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) ...
''Dreams & Visions'' for twenty years, as well as the ''Sky Songs'' anthology series, 2002–2005. He served on the Board of Directors of
SF Canada
SF Canada was founded as an authors collective circa 1989 under the title Canada’s National Association of Speculative Fiction Professionals. Several Canadian science fiction authors have made public claim to be "founding members" of the organi ...
for seven years from 2007 to 2014, including three years as President of the association from 2011 to 2014, when he established the bilingual SF Canada Awards.
Steve Stanton's
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
stories have been published in sixteen countries and a dozen languages, and his
cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cyber ...
trilogy, ''The Bloodlight Chronicles'', was published by
ECW Press
ECW Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canadian literary magazine named ''Essays on Canadian Writing''. They started publishing trade and scholarly book ...
in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
: this trilogy consists of ''Reconciliation'' (2010), ''Retribution'' (2011), and ''Redemption'' (2012).
Library Journal
''Library Journal'' is an American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional prac ...
said this "elegantly written" science fiction series "revitalizes the cyber-fiction genre with its vivid prose and believable characters." A fourth science fiction novel, ''Freenet'', was published in 2016 by ECW Press.
References
External links
Steve Stanton(official web site)
SF Canada(official web site)
Skysong Press
Canadian science fiction writers
Canadian fantasy writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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