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Devilishly clever and compulsive * Daily Mail * Brian Aldiss seems to have always had a more oceanic sense of time than even most science fiction writers, an almost measured vision of what will transpire in the long run . . . -- Norman Spinrad One cannot help being struck by the variety of concepts, the mastery of style, the sureness of the dialogue, the depth of characterization, the fertility of ideas, and the urbanity of the wit ... here is a major talent at work * Science Fiction Writers * Anyone who likes to see an intelligent imagination weave people and ideas together, and finish the result with craftsmanship, should enjoy this -- John Wyndham * The Listener * Science Fiction at its best * Spectator *

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Brian Wilson Aldiss was born in 1925. He was a highly decorated science fiction author who achieved the rare feat of acceptance as a writer of real significance by the literary establishment in his lifetime. As well as his many award-winning novels he has been a hugely important anthologist and editor in the field. He also wrote the pre-eminent history of the genre (with David Wingrove), Trillion Year Spree. He died in 2017 the day after his 92nd birthday.

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