The Horatio Stubbs Trilogy: A Groundbreaking Collection of Classic British Sex Comedies

Horatio Stubbs #1-3

by Brian W. Aldiss

For the first time ever all three Horatio Stubbs novels in one volume.

An omnibus edition of the groundbreaking sex comedies that together form the Horatio Stubbs Trilogy.

Following our hero from schoolboy through to soldier and on to his 40s, these books were highly shocking when they were first published in the 1970s but are now viewed as landmark novels.

Contains The Hand-Reared Boy, A Soldier Erect and A Rude Awakening.

Genres: Fiction

800 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 14, 1985

About the author

Pseudonyms: 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.

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Reviews

[Edward Champion · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found out about these books by reading Paul Fussell's WARTIME and, given the scandal that they received, I figured I would give this sex-drenched trilogy a shot. THE HAND-REARED BOY is the most successful of the three. It's a wildly transgressive pornutopic satire in which no taboo goes unturned. And I found much of it quite funny. The other two volumes, though, are incredibly tedious. Aldiss's prose is pedestrian. His characters are uninteresting. And the trilogy quickly becomes a great bore.