Arm Wrestle a Tyrannosaur
Bold ideas combined with down-to-earth characters mark this collection from one of the unsung innovators of the sf short story. Set in both the near and far reaches of time and space, Steve Carper’s stories defy conventional classification. Read them as part science fiction, part fantasy, part mainstream and slipstream. They gambol easily among the classic themes of the field from dinosaurs to space travel to wish-giving witches, transforming each into something new, unexpected, and delightful in a style so vivid that it has been called “worddrunk.” Imbibe deeply.
This volume collects all of Carper’s major works for the first time, and adds a story available nowhere else.
Praise for Tyrannosaur Faire
“Steve Carper’s speculative fiction is sly and scary and sexy and sometimes sad. His knack for wordplay reminds me of early Zelazny and Delany, with a 21st century edge. You should read these stories.”
Steve’s News
August 28, 2008, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
I’ll be doing a book signing as part of the Small Press Author Showcase at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore at The Mall at Greece Ridge. That’s on the Long Pond Rd. side of the mall, just off W. Ridge Rd.
The Small Press Author Showcase will feature more than 30 local writers and publishers. It should draw a good crowd.
“Steve Carper offers original and entertaining takes on, among other things, avian flu, fun, the Vietnam Memorial, and love over time—lots of time. You will learn why you should pity a dybbuk and how glad you should be to not belong to a far-future therapy group. Fascinating stories from a fascinating mind.”
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