The Fabulist Play Cycle

A radio play collection

Hugh A D Spencer

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Miscellaneous
13 October 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Science fiction; Humorous Sci-Fi

For the first time in print, Spencer's radio plays Amazing Struggles, Astonishing Failures, and Disappointing Success, together with the follow-up four-part audio drama CULT STORIES, tell the tales of disillusioned science fiction writers over the course of the mid-20th century.

AMAZING STRUGGLES!

In the Golden Age of science fiction, a group of aspiring young authors, the Fabulists, is ready to wow the world with tales of interplanetary heroism and technological supremacy.

ASTONISHING FAILURES!

Unfortunately, their dreams of fame and fortune are consistently dashed by the dastardly rejections of the compulsively conservative and out-of-touch editor of Tremendous Stories of Super Science.

DISAPPOINTING SUCCESS (PARTS I & II)!

While some of the Fabulists see middling success as teachers and television writers, another becomes a science fiction mega-star whose writing (and the author's own pathology) spawns a cult religion with wild ideas that may be a bit less bogus than his short stories.

CULT STORIES!

And like an artistic pandemic, some forms of science fiction can get very ugly. Only extreme measures will save us.

Foreword by Dr. Allan Weiss, York University professor and author of Making the Rounds

By: Hugh A D Spencer
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9781998795055
ISBN 10: 1998795055
Pages: 388
Publication Date: 13 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Three-time Aurora Award nominee, Hugh Spencer has been writing science fiction and cultural commentary (popular and otherwise) for longer than he cares to admit. He has been published in On Spec, Interzone, and Descant magazines, and has also been included in various anthologies. He also writes for radio and the stage, and has collaborated with Shoestring Radio in San Francisco, Praxis Theatre, and the Scripted Toronto Festival. He also occasionally contributes his alleged wisdom to the Gernsback Continuum, the podcast for Amazing Stories Magazine.

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The Fabulist Play Cycle

A radio play collection

Hugh A D Spencer

$34.95

Paperback

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