Solaris (magazine)
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Solaris is a French science-fiction and fantasy magazine. It was founded in 1974 in Longueuil (Québec) by Norbert Spehner, and is the oldest French language magazine in its genre in the world.
Solaris deals in all forms of science fiction and fantasy, including horror and "weird" fiction. It publishes original material (short stories and illustrations) as well as related information, criticism, interviews and articles. Solaris not only publishes established authors, but fosters the development of young francophone creators through a strong editorial direction. Mostly published and distributed in Québec, Solaris is also known in anglophone Canada, the United States and in Europe, where it is considered to be one of the most significant francophone magazines of its field.
Solaris sponsors an annual literary contest, the Prix Solaris, intended to encourage new authors. (The Prix Solaris is open only to Canadian authors.)
Solaris aims to account for the existing richness of science fiction and fantasy, as well as to examine all emerging tendencies and new approaches. Whereas the growing popularity of the field is mostly spurred by its audio-visual representations, Solaris continues to support literary creation and reflection.
The team responsible for the continued success of Solaris includes authors such as Joël Champetier (The Dragon's Eye), Yves Meynard (The Books of Knights) and Élisabeth Vonarburg (In the Mother's Land, Reluctant Voyagers, The Silent City).
After more than twenty-five years of activity, Solaris has published nearly all significant French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy writers. Stories that have originally appeared within the pages of the magazine have gone on to win nearly a dozen Aurora Awards (in addition to the eleven Auroras won by the magazine itself)[1], almost as many Prix Boréal and a significant proportion of Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois. Several of these stories can be read in the English-language anthology TesseractsQ, published by Tesseracts Books.
Through the years, Solaris has been edited by Élisabeth Vonarburg, Luc Pomerleau and Hugues Morin.
Joël Champetier, a well known author, is now the managing editor of SolariS.
