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Brian Aldiss
Trillion Year Spree is the first book ever to present a comprehensive history of science fiction. Trillion Year Spree is the first book ever to present a comprehensive history of…
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Six bestselling authors provide lively personal histories that provide fascinating insights into the creative process - and offer inspiration for aspiring wordsmiths. Includes essays by Robert Silverberg, Alfred Bester, Harry…
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A very British sci-fi novel.
Roy Complain decides to find out. With the renegade priest Marapper, he moves into unmapped territory, where they make a series of discoveries which turn their universe upside-down…
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Michael R Collings
A guide to Aldiss’s fictional output from the 50’s to the 80’s.
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H. G. Wells
One of the most influential science-fiction novels, Wells’ classic touches on interplanetary travel, evolutionary theory, British imperialism, and the fears and prejudices of Victorian times.
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Paul Kincaid
Brian W. Aldiss wrote classic science fiction novels like Report on Probability A and Hothouse. Billion Year Spree, his groundbreaking study of the field, defined the very meaning of SF…
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Tom Henighan
Takes a critical look at the major works of this British writer of both science and mainstream fiction categories.
The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder…
Sci-fi legend Brian Aldiss’ dark and compelling story of Siamese twin boys with a third dormant head.
These personal and revealing essays by the master of science fiction reveal the influences behind his writing and offer new insights into the man and his world.
Including the story that’s the basis for the forthcoming Stanley Kubrick/Steven Spielberg film A.I ., coming to theaters nationwide June 2001, this collection features the full Supertoys cycle of three…
Science fiction maestro Brian Aldiss at the top of his writing powers in a rare foray into literary fiction. With a sparse elegance, Aldiss crafts a heart-breaking, heart-fixing novella delving…
A masterful evocation of the future of nationhood and technology from the master of British science fiction. A stunning new edition of a modern classic. ‘The titan of science fiction.’-…
A collection of thought-provoking essays and revelations (seven essays, one speech and an extended autobiography) by Brian Aldiss, the master of British science fiction. ‘The best contemporary writer of science…
Ecological disaster has left the English countryside a wasteland. Humanity faces extinction, unless Greybeard and his wife Martha are successful in their quest for the scarcest and most precious of…
Aims to bring together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov’s Nightfall , first published in 1941, to the 2006 story Friends in Need…
A story charting the events of the twentieth century through the eyes of the Fielding family, whose fortunes are altered irrevocably… The Brian Aldiss collection includes over 50 books and…
Following on from the 1950s collection, this is the second collection of Brian Aldiss’ short stories, taken from the 1960s. A must-have for collectors. Part one of four.
A collections of anecdotes, reviews and essays, written with the humour and warmth one associates with Brian Aldiss.
Two of Aldiss’ essay collections from the mid-1980s in one volume.
Written at the peak of the swinging sixties, this is an ironic, hilarious and frank investigation of sexual politics and the male sex drive. The Brian Aldiss collection includes over…
Controversial and brilliant, Report on Probability A is a claustrophobic and terrifying novel that examines the politics of surveillance and ownership. The Brian Aldiss collection includes over 50 books and…
Earthman Gary Towler is a pariah. He must interpret the will of the Nuls who rule his planet, Earth, and he’s running out of time to overthrow their plans…
An ambitious, incredible - Space Opera! A science-fiction story which occasionally breaks off into song - a genuine space opera. Quite possibly Aldiss’s strangest novel, and that is saying something.
An electrifying journey one millions years into the future: meet the Utopian race of Homo Uniformis - men logical, unemotional, and totally alike…
Writer, soldier, bookseller, father: Brian Aldiss has earned many titles in his life. In the Twinkling of an Eye is a candid, vivid and charming look at the stories behind…
A moving account of the death of Brian Aldiss’ wife Margaret.
Following on from the 1950s collection, this is the second collection of Brian Aldiss’ short stories, taken from the 1960s. A must-have for collectors. Part two of four.
Following on from the 1950s collection, this is the second collection of Brian Aldiss’ short stories, taken from the 1960s. A must-have for collectors. Part three of four.
Following on from the 1950s collection, this is the second collection of Brian Aldiss’ short stories, taken from the 1960s. A must-have for collectors. Part four of four.
In a major publishing project, all of Brian Aldiss’ 300+ short stories are being collected together for the first time.
A ribald tale from Britain’s best-love Science Fiction writer.
Aldiss’ acclaimed 1979 essay collection reissued for the first time in over thirty years.
In Malacia, a city where change is forbidden and radical ideas are crushed, a war like no other is about to commence… The Brian Aldiss collection includes over 50 books…
A major science fiction novella by the master of British science fiction. First published almost a quarter of a century ago, it is republished here in its own right for…
A vast world where the seasons last tens of thousands of years - the classic SF epic of worldbuilding.
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A mind-bending time-travel novel from the multi-award-winning author or Helliconia
Brian Wilson Aldiss
Issued to coincide with the 80th birthday of Grand Master Brian Aldiss, this collection of short stories includes such notable works as Aboard the Beatitude, A Man with His Mule…
Three Novellas is reissued as part of the BRIAN ALDISS COLLECTION. Three Novellas by Brian Aldiss.
The lifestories of six major science fiction voices, edited by Brian Aldiss and released as part of the Brian Aldiss collection.
The Sun is about to go Nova. Earth and Moon have ceased their axial rotation and present one face continuously to the sun. The bright side of Earth is covered…
Brian W Aldiss
Winner of two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Brian W. Aldiss has, for over fifty years, continued to…
