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Who Can Replace a Man?
This collection of SF stories represents thirty years of Brian Aldiss' prolific writing life. Including perceptive insights into the Cold War and our mounting knowledge of Mars, Aldiss demonstrates how stories that had a special significance Then can rouse our senses Now, and turns the incredible into the wondrously plausible.
Contents:
Outside (1955)
The Failed Men (1956)
All...more
Contents:
Outside (1955)
The Failed Men (1956)
All...more
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Published
July 20th 1976
by Roc
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Absolutely first-class collection of short stories by Aldiss. My favourite, which I have read any number of times, is "Swastika!", in which a journalist interviews an elderly Adolf Hitler, living in retirement in Belgium under an assumed name.
A couple of samples. Here's Hitler reminiscing about the invasion of Czechoslovakia:
A couple of samples. Here's Hitler reminiscing about the invasion of Czechoslovakia:
Beautiful city, Prague! The sun shining, the Wehrmacht in their best uniforms, the tanks rolling, everyone shouting 'Heil -' ... well, 'Heil Me', let's say, and the pretty...more
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1982 'Door Slams in Fourth World' The Fourth World is Europe, reduced to that status by Islamic attacks. There is even anthrax.
The science fiction writers I've been reading lately come into two distinct groups, ones like Banks who is simply writing a rollicking good tale without being tied to our world in any way and the ones like Dick and Aldiss who are concerned with what will be, their 'what will happen?'s are always tied to a 'why might it?' I guess one could argue this is monkey on a typew...more
The science fiction writers I've been reading lately come into two distinct groups, ones like Banks who is simply writing a rollicking good tale without being tied to our world in any way and the ones like Dick and Aldiss who are concerned with what will be, their 'what will happen?'s are always tied to a 'why might it?' I guess one could argue this is monkey on a typew...more
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Does alright when there's an actual story to tell. Only two were standouts: "Man In His Time" (though I'm not quite sure I believe in all of it--or that it would work, or that way) and especially "Girl and Robot With Flowers"--very original (though not really science fiction), and a nice message; hard to think somebody with such an otherwise effete and jaded style/outlook could come up with that. The rest (for the most part) is cutesy-wootsy-rootsy-tootsy Joycean wordplay, or artsy-fartsy dated...more
Actually, my 5 star rating is for the short story "man in his time" which is a superb example of the science fiction of inner rather than outer space that I read many years ago. The use of a dislocation in time as a concrete externalisation of the psychology of emotional and social alienation has not been bettered.
It was a pleasure to sample these stories after an anti-climactic encounter with Poul Anderson. The title story is awesome. Sufficient linguistic fancy is present in the narrative style, although some touches of British mannerism seem quaint. Endings tend to be chillingly abrupt, and/or leave one unsure of what ensues. There are some leaps of logic that are not altogether sound. But, overall, it's really fun. I've long wanted to get into Aldiss. Perhaps, this first intro will lead to a more subs...more
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this is a really funny smar short story , love it
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This is a short story in my students' textbooks. Every year that I teach this story, the scarier it gets because each year we get closer to this situation being the reality.
This is a collection of Aldiss's earlier short stories chosen by the author. I consider this "golden-age Sci-Fi"!
Who Can Replace a Man? Machines and more machines
like reading SF and "last man" type stories.
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i dunno.. will start to read it soon..
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Pseudonyms: Jael Cracken, Peter Pica, John Runciman, C. C. Shackleton, Arch Mendicant, "Doc" Peristyle.
Brian Wilson Aldiss is one of the most important voices in science fiction writing today. He wrote his first novel while working as a bookseller in Oxford. Shortly afterwards he wrote his first work of science fiction and soon gained international recognition. Adored for his innovative literary t...more
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Brian Wilson Aldiss is one of the most important voices in science fiction writing today. He wrote his first novel while working as a bookseller in Oxford. Shortly afterwards he wrote his first work of science fiction and soon gained international recognition. Adored for his innovative literary t...more
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