Tyrannosaur Faire

Synopsis

Product Description 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. About the Author Science fiction and writing became inextricably intertwined in Steve Carper's life in 1969 when he attended the St. Louis Worldcon and then saw his article on the con published by the Rochester Times-Union newspaper. His first published work of fiction was written at the 1972 Clarion West writers workshop. A long-time member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), he is their liaison to other writers' organizations. That love of genre and concern for the changing realities of the publishing world has been expressed in ten years worth of Writers' Bloc columns for the SFWA Bulletin. He will be the editor of the next SFWA Handbook. He lives in Rochester, NY. Send comments to: Steve Carper c/o Farstream Books P. O. Box 10126 Rochester, NY 14610