The Brian Aldiss Collection
18 total works
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.
This collection gathers together, for the very first time, Brian Aldiss’ complete catalogue of short stories from the 1960s, in four parts.
Taken from diverse and often rare sources, the works in this collection chart the blossoming career of one of Britain’s most beloved authors. From stories of discordant astronauts, approaching a star-swallowing vortex, to a mother and son, in danger of becoming ever younger when they are captured by an alien race and taken to a world where time runs backward, this book proves once again that Aldiss’ gifted prose and unparalleled imagination never fail to challenge and delight.
The four books of the 1960s short story collection are must-have volumes for all Aldiss fans, and an excellent introduction to the work of a true master.
THE BRIAN ALDISS COLLECTION INCLUDES OVER 50 BOOKS AND SPANS THE AUTHOR’S ENTIRE CAREER, FROM HIS DEBUT IN 1955 TO HIS MORE RECENT WORK.
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 and spans the author's entire career, from his debut in 1955 to his more recent work.
Struggling young actor Perian de Chirolo does as he pleases in the timeless city. He is a lover, a fighter and has no thought for consequence, until the magic of Malacia changes and reality begins to catch up with him.
Now de Chirolo must make a choice between his old life, and joining the revolutionaries who will fight to ensure Malacia is never the same again.
A glittering twelve story collection from Britain's best loved Sci-Fi writer.
The twelve stories in this collection from Britain's best-loved, most respected science fiction author assemble a mindscape of place as close as Prague, the Aswan Sheraton, an Oxford Garden where an orgy takes place, and Moscow; and as distant as the Afterworld, a cabbage planet, and the heart of our galaxy.
A far-ranging and sparkling collection, replete with Aldiss' trademark black humour.
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 spans the author’s entire career, from his debut in 1955 to his more recent work.
On the glorious sands of the North Norfolk coast, Steve, the youngest member of the Fielding family, plays alone. But are these halcyon days?
War is looming, and things will never be the same again. This book, described by Brian as his magnum opus, charts the fortunes of the Fielding family throughout the twentieth century.
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 spans the author's entire career, from his debut in 1955 to his more recent work.
Mr and Mrs Mary live a normal life in every way, except one. All day, every day, they are being watched by three men.
Once employed by the Marys, the men now spend their time observing the couple's every move. But Mrs Mary has her gun, and she's been watching too.
A very British sci-fi novel.
This is a very British science fiction novel. It begins in whimsical fashion with something very odd happening to Sir Edgar Laurence, a renowned concert pianist. The action then moves to the English seaside town of Littlehampton where Sir Edgar lives with his privileged and eccentric extended family. It soon appears that Sir Edgar is not the only person to have experienced something odd. Other members of his family also have strange visitations that cause them to act in bizarre ways.
Three Novellas is reissued as part of the BRIAN ALDISS COLLECTION.
Three Novellas by 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 science fiction. From the earliest showing of Star Wars onwards, there has just been no stopping SF.
The fourth collection of Brian Aldiss' short stories, taken from the 1980s. A must-have for collectors.
The complete short stories of the 1980s, drawn from sources such as previous anthologies and rare magazines.
Capturing the imagination and skill of one of Sci-Fi's Grand Masters.
The third book in the Squire Quartet, available for the first time as an ebook.
Russian born Dominic is one of the success stories of the eighties, when yuppies made fortunes on the stock market .
Ray Tebbutt is among the unlucky ones. He was involved in a bankruptcy in the mid-eighties .
Peter Petrik, a dissident Czech film director, lives in Prague, dreaming of making more films when times improve .
The lifelines of these people and others - comic and sad by turns in true Aldiss fashion - converge towards the finality of an IRA bomb epuisode in Great Yarmouth.
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 50 books and spans the author's entire career, from his debut in 1955 to his more recent work.
Events move fast in Umbalathorp, the capital city of the new African republic of Goya. When affable young PR man Soames Noyes arrives fresh off the boat from England to deliver the city's first computer, he finds himself swept up in a current of women, witch-doctors and promiscuity.
Soon the indecisive Soames is saying goodbye to inhibition and hello to a new sexual politics.
A moving account of the death of Brian Aldiss’ wife Margaret.
Margaret Aldiss, Brian’s wife of thirty years, passed away quickly after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Based on journals they both kept, When the Feast is Finished is a moving account of those last months of Margaret’s life.
Alongside Margaret’s bravely honest journal entries, Aldiss draws a heartbreaking portrait of the sustaining force of love in the face of a devastating illness.
As husband and wife describe those last few precious months, they give thanks for the thirty years of joy and happiness they shared, the children of whom they are so proud, and the chance to say goodbye.
The lifestories of six major science fiction voices, edited by Brian Aldiss and released as part of the Brian Aldiss collection.
"...The sixth writer is me because I could not bear to be left out. I originally approached seven writers. The seventh was Michael Moorcock. Because there was always a bond between Michael and me; because I am one of the handful of people who know just how much lifeblood Moorcock gave to his sf magazine. Moorcock was the only guy who said he could not talk about himself. True modesty.
The rest of us, happily, have no such qualms..."
An account of a six months' tour of Yugoslavia, Aldiss's only travel book was once banned in that country
Every year the coast of Dalmatia is visited by more and more sun-seeking holiday makers. Magnificent as they are, the delights offered by the beaches of Dubrovnik are hardly novel: yet comparitively few tourists seek anything else. It is inland, however, that the true Jugoslavia is to be found: in this book Brian Aldiss has captured its diverse and elusive character - the product of a proverbially complex history, a rugged and magnificent terrain and a cultural heritage which combines Byzantine and Turkish, Christian and Muslim. Mr Aldiss is well known as a writer of fiction; here his talents are triumphantly extended to communicating the ambience of modern Zagreb, the aesthetic impact of a mediaeval fresco in a Serbian monastery, the beauties of Bosnia, the variety of scenic Slovenia, the harsh splendour of the Macedonian landscape, or the quality of life in Montenegro.
The third collection of Brian Aldiss' short stories, taken from the 1970s. A must-have for collectors.
The complete short stories of the 1970s, drawn from sources such as previous anthologies and rare magazines.
Capturing the imagination and skill of one of Sci-Fi's Grand Masters.