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Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss
A selection of Brian Aldiss' best science fiction chosen by the author himself and representative of the full range of his career.
Contents:
Who can replace a man? --
Not for an age --
Outside --
Poor little warrior! --
Man on bridge --
The impossible star --
Old hundredth --
Man in his time --
Shards --
Girl and robot with flowers --
The moment of eclipse --
Swastika! --
Sober noises of morning in a marginal land --
Judas danced --
Still trajectories --
Another little boy.
Contents:
Who can replace a man? --
Not for an age --
Outside --
Poor little warrior! --
Man on bridge --
The impossible star --
Old hundredth --
Man in his time --
Shards --
Girl and robot with flowers --
The moment of eclipse --
Swastika! --
Sober noises of morning in a marginal land --
Judas danced --
Still trajectories --
Another little boy.
260 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1971
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About the author
Brian W. Aldiss
834 books676 followersPseudonyms: Jael Cracken, Peter Pica, John Runciman, C.C. Shackleton, Arch Mendicant, & "Doc" Peristyle.
Brian Wilson Aldiss was 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 techniques, evocative plots and irresistible characters, he became a Grand Master of Science Fiction in 1999.
Brian Aldiss died on August 19, 2017, just after celebrating his 92nd birthday with his family and closest friends.
Brian W. Aldiss Group on Good Reads
Brian Wilson Aldiss was 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 techniques, evocative plots and irresistible characters, he became a Grand Master of Science Fiction in 1999.
Brian Aldiss died on August 19, 2017, just after celebrating his 92nd birthday with his family and closest friends.
Brian W. Aldiss Group on Good Reads
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March 23, 2013
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 New Wave crap--or smarmy shit like "Swastika" and "Another Little Boy." The farther along in the book we got, the more impenetrable it became. "Judas Danced" and "Still Trajectories" he might as well have written in Basque (and maybe he did).
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