Compiled & introduced by Brian Aldiss. Contents: The artists' gallery—Great comic strips—Themes in science fiction. Delightful doomsdays (catastrophes) ; Vacuum-busters (spaceships) ; Beyond the beyond (distant planets) ; Here be monsters (alien life) ; Spires and sewers (future cities) ; Interplanetary pets (girls in science fiction) ; Hands without heads (great machines) ; Men of metal (robots) ; Ideas in action (two sf ideas develop) — The magazine gallery.
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Pseudonyms: 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. Brian W. Aldiss Group on Good Reads
