Why I Hunt Flying Saucers And Other Fantasticals : A Science Fiction Short Story Retrospective

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, Why I Hunt Flying Saucers And Other Fantasticals 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." ~ Tangent"Spencer has fun with quantum realities." ~ Best SF on "Problem Project""'Pornzilla' was weird beyond belief." ~ Best SFPraise for Extreme Dentistry"Spencer stacks it with so many odd elements that it all works. Well worth searching out." ~ Toronto Star"Extreme Dentistry is very funny and quite horrific." ~ Amazing Stories"A dark and mordantly funny satire." ~ Armed and Dangerous"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vibe." ~ Read, Play, ReviewPraise for the writing of Hugh A. D. Spencer"Hugh's work never fails to crack me up and make me think." ~ Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother and Homeland"Lucid, lyrical, and savvy." ~ Paul Levinson, author of Unburning Alexandria and The Silk Code"If 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