HarperCollins imprint The Friday Project has acquired more than 50 titles by prolific author, and former Bookseller columnist, Brian Aldiss.
Publisher Scott Pack bought UK and Commonwealth rights in the titles—comprising literary fiction, sci-fi and non-fiction works—as well as Aldiss—entire short-story archive from Gordon Wise at Curtis Brown. The acquisition also includes six new titles, which The Friday Project plans to publish in e-book and print editions over the next four years.
The first of the six new works to be published will be Finches of Mars, out in September. Aldiss describes it as his "final science-fiction novel". It explores the problems of human colonisation of the red planet when female members of the civilisation are unable to carry babies to full term.
The other new works are All the Planets of the Zodiac, the final novella in the Supertoys series (which was made into the film "AI" by Steven Spielberg); Fortitude, a contemporary novel examining the clash of cultures in Britain; Jocasta, which retells the Oedipus myth; Walcott, an epic family saga spanning the 20th century; and Headless, a new short-story collection.
The reissues will begin in April with the publication of The Squire Quartet, four linked novels, charting life in Britain during the latter part of the Cold War. It follows Thomas Squire as he faces a mid-life crisis.
HarperCollins imprint The Friday Project has acquired more than 50 titles by prolific author, and former Bookseller columnist, Brian Aldiss.
Publisher Scott Pack bought UK and Commonwealth rights in the titles—comprising literary fiction, sci-fi and non-fiction works—as well as Aldiss—entire short-story archive from Gordon Wise at Curtis Brown. The acquisition also includes six new titles, which The Friday Project plans to publish in e-book and print editions over the next four years.
The first of the six new works to be published will be Finches of Mars, out in September. Aldiss describes it as his "final science-fiction novel". It explores the problems of human colonisation of the red planet when female members of the civilisation are unable to carry babies to full term.
The other new works are All the Planets of the Zodiac, the final novella in the Supertoys series (which was made into the film "AI" by Steven Spielberg); Fortitude, a contemporary novel examining the clash of cultures in Britain; Jocasta, which retells the Oedipus myth; Walcott, an epic family saga spanning the 20th century; and Headless, a new short-story collection.
The reissues will begin in April with the publication of The Squire Quartet, four linked novels, charting life in Britain during the latter part of the Cold War. It follows Thomas Squire as he faces a mid-life crisis.