WHY I HUNT FLYING SAUCERS AND OTHER FANTASTICALS IBD

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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