The Progressive Apparatus And More Fantasticals

"While borrowing from pop-culture SF conventions that are so familiar they feel a part of us, [Spencer] nevertheless manages to spin them off in quirky directions that take us places entirely new. Spencer is a writer who should be better known. Picking up any of his books is a good place to start." - Toronto Star

"Alienation is not just for extraterrestrials in this flippant and expectation-flipping collection of 10 surreal short stories. Spencer may not believe in the power of technology to save the world, but he allows humor and humanity to cushion the blow." - Publishers Weekly

"Hugh's work never fails to crack me up and make me think, and this is no exception. The story is touching and weird, speculative and human - a perfect metaphor for the anxiety that we feel whenever technology remakes our beloved selves and institutions." - Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother and Attack Surface on "Sticky Wonder Tales"

"Pretty weird - you can evidently go too far with 'Evolutionary Transformation'." - Rati Mehrotra, author of Mahimata, on "Sticky Wonder Tales"

"A surreal take on an apocalyptic scenario in which roving clouds of nanobots lay waste to civilization." - The Horror Bookshelf on "John, Paul, Xavier, Ironside and George (But Not Vincent)"