Why I Hunt Flying Saucers And Other Fantasticals

Hugh A. D. Spencer's weird wonderful side-splitting short fiction has been delighting audiences for over 25 years. His stories have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies and broadcast on National Public Radio satellite networks. Now collected together for the first time <I>Why I Hunt Flying Saucers And Other Fantasticals</I> contains thirteen of his best-loved stories along with all-new introductions by the author.Malfunctioning household robots an endless apocalyptic loop potash-fuelled interstellar travel and more-these stories stretch science fiction to its limit and bring it into our backyards at the same time.Includes the Aurora Award-nominated story Why I Hunt Flying Saucers!Foreword by Dr. John Colarusso Professor of Linguistics McMaster UniversityStories in this collectionWhy I Hunt Flying SaucersIcarus Down/Bear RisingThe Triage ConferenceThe Robot Reality CheckStrategic Dog PatterningThe Z-Burger SimulationsMormonism and the Saskatoon Space ProgrammePornzillaThe Hospital for Sick RobotsProblem ProjectA 21st Century Scientific RomanceWhen Bloomsbury Fails(Coping With) Norm DeviationPraise for the stories in this collection'Why I Hunt Flying Saucers' delivers a superb jolt of humour. ~ Toronto Star[O]ne of the best and most original stories. ~ Locus Magazine on (Coping With) Norm Deviation'Problem Project'... is a whipsaw change in tone... A tight grin of a story not quite a laugh but lingering. ~ TangentSpencer has fun with quantum realities. ~ Best SF on Problem Project'Pornzilla' was weird beyond belief. ~ Best SFPraise for Extreme DentistrySpencer stacks it with so many odd elements that it all works. Well worth searching out. ~ Toronto StarExtreme Dentistry is very funny and quite horrific. ~ Amazing StoriesA dark and mordantly funny satire. ~ Armed and DangerousHitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vibe. ~ Read Play ReviewPraise for the writing of Hugh A. D. SpencerHugh's work never fails to crack me up and make me think. ~ Cory Doctorow author of Little Brother and HomelandLucid lyrical and savvy. ~ Paul Levinson author of Unburning Alexandria and The Silk CodeIf you like to laugh and cower at the same time-if you like science fiction that is simultaneously progressive and retro-then you need to read this... Like nothing I've ever read before. Highly recommended. ~ Dale Sproule author of Psychedelia Gothique