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  • Paperback: 578 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (29 Nov 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141188928
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141188928
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 135,839 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This new edition of Brian Aldiss’s classic anthology brings together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov’s ‘Nightfall’, first published in 1941, to the 2006 story ‘Friends in Need’ by Eliza Blair. Including authors such as Clifford Simak, Harry Harrison, Bruce Sterling, A. E. Van Vogt and Brian Aldiss himself, these stories portray struggles against machines, epic journeys, genetic experiments, time travellers and alien races. From stories set on Earth, to uncanny far distant worlds and ancient burnt-out suns, the one constant is humanity itself, compelled by an often fatal curiosity to explore the boundless frontiers of time, space and probability.


About the Author

Poet, playwright, critic, fiction and science-fiction writer Brian Aldiss was born in 1925 in Dereham, Norfolk, and is the author of more than seventy-five books. He lives in Oxford and was awarded an OBE in 2005 for Services to Literature.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent selection, 4 Jun 2008
An excellent selection of memorable tales. They are patchy in content, but all well written and my complaints are more to do with the "message" contained in a number of them - too obvious and not enough surprise. Nevertheless, not a bad read - but read with plenty of salt, your eyes open and your pre-conceptions left behind. Be aware that the ideological content is a sometimes quite childish. There is not much depth to the intellectual ideas.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A welcome return, 2 Jul 2008
I first read this anthology in its earlier incarnation in the 70s. There were several stories in the original which had created such a strong impression that their landscapes and events were etched into my mental archive. I was really excited to see it back in print and thoroughly enjoyed returning to some vividly rendered planets and plot lines. A couple of the new additions similarly impressed.

True, some stories seem dated in their imagery but in a rather charming sort of way.

A good book to escape into.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Cracking collection, 8 Oct 2009
This omnibus is a great collection for anyone who wants some quick fixes of some classic sci fi. Some of the short stories contained within move along with great pace, and have some great idea, however others are a little slow, overly long and flabby. But on the whole this is a good collection.
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