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The Complete Short Stories - The 1950s
The first in a series collecting every Brian Aldiss story ever published. Volume one takes us from his very first story, 'A Book in Time' published in 1954, right up to his establishment as a major new voice in science fiction by the end of that decade.
864 pages, Paperback
First published September 24, 2015
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Brian W. Aldiss
834 books673 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.
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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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October 30, 2022
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A collection that does exactly what it says on the tin: this is the sum of the short stories published by Brian Aldiss during the 1950s, his first full decade as a professional writer. I count 65 of them, about half of them republished (or even published) here for the first time. Several of my favourites from other collections are here – “Who Can Replace a Man?”, “Supercity”, the novella “Equator”; some of the new (to me) stories are more experimental than successful, but they are all really interesting illustrations of a talent working out what can be done and which corners of the envelope can be pushed. I don’t think I would recommend it to anyone who is not already interested in Aldiss, but I do think that Aldiss is very interesting!
A collection that does exactly what it says on the tin: this is the sum of the short stories published by Brian Aldiss during the 1950s, his first full decade as a professional writer. I count 65 of them, about half of them republished (or even published) here for the first time. Several of my favourites from other collections are here – “Who Can Replace a Man?”, “Supercity”, the novella “Equator”; some of the new (to me) stories are more experimental than successful, but they are all really interesting illustrations of a talent working out what can be done and which corners of the envelope can be pushed. I don’t think I would recommend it to anyone who is not already interested in Aldiss, but I do think that Aldiss is very interesting!
January 24, 2024
Bit of a mixed bag of good, fair, and great stories.
Wasn't a fan of Aldiss until I read his scifi novel Non-Stop. Here, Aldiss is at his most inventive when he's writing about time travel and dystopia. There were some poorly constructed stories in here that I had to skip. Overall though a collection worth going through just to get at the gems.
Wasn't a fan of Aldiss until I read his scifi novel Non-Stop. Here, Aldiss is at his most inventive when he's writing about time travel and dystopia. There were some poorly constructed stories in here that I had to skip. Overall though a collection worth going through just to get at the gems.
May 13, 2018
I spent April reading Brian Aldiss.
December 16, 2015
The first story"A book in time" is a little gem for anyone who sells books.
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