Description
A collections of anecdotes, reviews and essays, written with the humour and warmth one associates with Brian Aldiss.
In this fascinating collection of essays, one of the world's pre-eminent SF writers explores a wide range of SF and fantasy writers and writings.
The contents include a letter to Salvador Dali, Mary Shelley and Frankenstein, the work of Philip K. Dick, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, James Blish, Culture: Is it worth losing your balls for?and the differences between US and UK fantasy.
About the Author
Brian Aldiss, OBE, is a fiction and science fiction writer, poet, playwright, critic, memoirist and artist. He was born in Norfolk in 1925. After leaving the army, Aldiss worked as a bookseller, which provided the setting for his first book, The Brightfount Diaries (1955). His first published science fiction work was the story 'Criminal Record', which appeared in Science Fantasy in 1954. Since then he has written nearly 100 books and over 300 short stories.
Reviews
'Aldiss is a magician.' SUNDAY TIMES
'For decades, Brian Aldiss has been among our most prolific and consistently stylish writers.' THE TELEGRAPH
Book Information
ISBN 9780007482306
Author Brian Aldiss
Format Paperback
Page Count 350
Imprint The Friday Project Limited
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 125g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm
