B10 - Sunday, September 11, 1983 - North Shore News

El entertainment

Secretive selectric reveals no stories

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FROM PAGE 87 ;

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Icequake sold 200,000

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coming out in paperback

before Christmas.

The history is an anomaly.
Called Go Do Some Great
Thing, and published by

Douglas and Mclntyre, it
telis the fascinating story of
blacks. who helped civilize

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it. “In effect....

the post Gold Rush confu-
sion that was British Colum-
bia.

In the introduction Kilian
explains why he wrote the
book: no one else had done
the Black
pioneers of British Columbia
had become what Orwell
called “unpersons.”
had played a key role in the
early years of the colonies

that became British Colum- |

bia, and yet the province had
forgotten -them. Fools,
knaves, and madmen have

ne

They.

given their names to British
Columbia’s streets and
towns; the only monument
to the Blacks is a drinking
fountain dedicated to Joe
Fortes, the lifeguard of
English Bay beach.”
Though not a_ historian,
Kilian tells a story that needs
telling. And he does it well.
What can we expect next
from the Selectric? Kilian
isn’t sure, but he may write a
Chinese science fiction
story. Not because he is an
expert on China, but
because a fortunate oppor-

tunity will allow him and his

wife Alice to teach English
for a year in Guangzhou,
China

The Kilians left August 25
for China, and Crawford,
who teaches communica-
tions and freelance magazine
writing at Capilano College,
will teach composition and
British and American
literature at the Guangzhou
Institute of Foreign
Languages. Another
Capilano College instructor,
Frances Burstein, taught
there for a year, and has

réturned

to North Van-
couver. ;

Kilian doesn’t really fit in-
to any of the stereotypes for
writers. He isn't even strictly
a science fiction author, hav-
ing delved into everything
from technical writing to
education reporting to
history. If you had to call
him anything it would be
“commercial writer.” But he
doesn't seem to mind the ar-
tistic stigma that usually goes
with commercialism. After
all, there’s the mortgage to
pay off.

THE
MIKADO

“IF YOU WANT to
know who we are, We
are gentlemen of Japan”
sing the members of the
choras of THE
MIKADO coming from
Stratford Festival to the
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
for 8 performances,
Sept. 20 to 25th. Richard
McMillan plays Pooh-
Bah seen here with the
male chorus. The cast
aumbers more than 35
with a 16 piece or-
chestra.

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