The Ocean and All Its Devices

by Spencer, William Browning

• ISBN13: 9781596060470
• ISBN10: 1596060476
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-01
• Publisher: Subterranean

Summary

Fans of William Browning Spencer have been waiting more than ten years for this, his second collection of short stories. The Ocean and All Its Devices won't disappoint. Spencer's first collection, The Return of Count Electric was acclaimed by reviewers in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Cemetery Dance, Publishers Weekly and other magazines and newspapers. Science fiction legend Roger Zelazny, once introduced to Spencer's work, became a lifelong devotee. He wrote: "William Browning Spencer is one of those rare short story writers who comes along once in a generation -- like Saki, Collier, Sheckley -- and manages to combine all of the virtues within that restricted format." The Ocean and All Its Devices collects some of Spencer's finest published work. Three of these stories appeared in "year's best" anthologies. Another, "The Death of the Novel," was a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award, while "The Essayist in the Wilderness" was on the final ballot for a World Fantasy Award

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(6)
The Ocean and All Its Devices	15	(26)
The Oddskeepser's Daughter	41	(22)
The Death of the Novel	63	(12)
Downloading Midnight	75	(30)
Your Faithful Servant	105	(12)
The Foster Child	117	(14)
The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness	131	(20)
The Lights of Armageddon	151	(16)
The Essayist in the Wilderness	167