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Ruins

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A grieving songwriter reflects on his life and contemplates his future in this classic novella of heartbreak and healing from a Grand Master of Science Fiction.It's been a long time since Hugh Billing visited his home in England. Decades earlier, he made his fortune as a hit songwriter in America, but years of shuffling between cities and countries has changed him. His clothes are American, his ... Read more

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A grieving songwriter reflects on his life and contemplates his future in this classic novella of heartbreak and healing from a Grand Master of Science Fiction.It's been a long time since Hugh Billing visited his home in England. Decades earlier, he made his fortune as a hit songwriter in America, but years of shuffling between cities and countries has changed him. His clothes are American, his
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The Eighty-Minute Hour

A Space Opera

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Survivors of nuclear war endure strange adventures across time and space in this humorous classic by a Grand Master of Science Fiction.World War III is coming to an end, but the real chaos is just beginning. Nuclear warfare during the conflict has given rise to a disturbance in the fabric of space and time. Time-turbulences run rampant, sending whatever is caught in their trap to different times ... Read more

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Survivors of nuclear war endure strange adventures across time and space in this humorous classic by a Grand Master of Science Fiction.World War III is coming to an end, but the real chaos is just beginning. Nuclear warfare during the conflict has given rise to a disturbance in the fabric of space and time. Time-turbulences run rampant, sending whatever is caught in their trap to different times
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Cryptozoic!

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

A novel of time-traveling adventure from the author of the story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," the basis for the movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.Winner of two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Brian W. Aldiss challenged readers' minds for over fifty years with literate, thought-provoking, and inventive science fiction.In the ... Read more

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A novel of time-traveling adventure from the author of the story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," the basis for the movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.Winner of two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Brian W. Aldiss challenged readers' minds for over fifty years with literate, thought-provoking, and inventive science fiction.In the
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Science Fiction Blues

A Selection of Acclaimed Stories, Poetry, and Speculations

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Collected from an evening of live performance, a selection of the Science Fiction Grand Master's best stories, poetry, and speculations.In October 1987, Brian W. Aldiss—with the help of two other performers—took his science fiction to the masses, staging theatrical performances of his best stories and fantastic, mind-wrenching speculations before a live audience. Included in Science Fiction Blues ... Read more

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Collected from an evening of live performance, a selection of the Science Fiction Grand Master's best stories, poetry, and speculations.In October 1987, Brian W. Aldiss—with the help of two other performers—took his science fiction to the masses, staging theatrical performances of his best stories and fantastic, mind-wrenching speculations before a live audience. Included in Science Fiction Blues
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Greybeard

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Human reproduction has ceased and society slowly spirals in this "adult Lord of the Flies" by a Grand Master of Science Fiction ( San Francisco Chronicle).After the "Accident," all males on Earth become sterile. Society ages and falls apart bit by bit. First, toy companies go under. Then record companies. Then cities cease to function. Now Earth's population lives in spread‑out, isolated villages, ... Read more

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Human reproduction has ceased and society slowly spirals in this "adult Lord of the Flies" by a Grand Master of Science Fiction ( San Francisco Chronicle).After the "Accident," all males on Earth become sterile. Society ages and falls apart bit by bit. First, toy companies go under. Then record companies. Then cities cease to function. Now Earth's population lives in spread‑out, isolated villages,
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Report on Probability A

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An unending chain of surveillance crosses countless dimensions in this brilliant, disturbing, and groundbreaking "antinovel" by one of science fiction's greatest practitionersMr. Mary and his wife are being observed from at least three vantage points as they go about their mundane home lives. G, the former gardener, watches them from a garden shed. Mr. Mary's dismissed secretary, S, watches them ... Read more

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An unending chain of surveillance crosses countless dimensions in this brilliant, disturbing, and groundbreaking "antinovel" by one of science fiction's greatest practitionersMr. Mary and his wife are being observed from at least three vantage points as they go about their mundane home lives. G, the former gardener, watches them from a garden shed. Mr. Mary's dismissed secretary, S, watches them
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Hothouse

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

A Hugo Award–winning classic about a far-future Earth dominated by gargantuan plants and the few humans who remainMillions of years beyond our time, our Earth has long since stopped spinning—and giant flora have taken over the sunlit half of the motionless world. Here humans are among the very few animal species that still exist, struggling to survive against enormous odds, but they have become ... Read more

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A Hugo Award–winning classic about a far-future Earth dominated by gargantuan plants and the few humans who remainMillions of years beyond our time, our Earth has long since stopped spinning—and giant flora have taken over the sunlit half of the motionless world. Here humans are among the very few animal species that still exist, struggling to survive against enormous odds, but they have become
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Man in His Time

The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Twenty-two classic science fiction stories spanning the first three decades of the Science Fiction Grand Master's career.Features "Super-Toys Last All Summer," the short story that inspired the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence."Britain's most versatile and durable and consistently most interesting science-fiction writer presents his own personal 'best of': 22 splendid tales. . . . To Aldiss, the ... Read more

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Twenty-two classic science fiction stories spanning the first three decades of the Science Fiction Grand Master's career.Features "Super-Toys Last All Summer," the short story that inspired the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence."Britain's most versatile and durable and consistently most interesting science-fiction writer presents his own personal 'best of': 22 splendid tales. . . . To Aldiss, the
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Starswarm

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Explore the fate of humankind across the stars in this classic collection of stories by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Helliconia trilogy."Aldiss' stories are cleverly conceived and deeply felt." — The A.V. ClubIn the far-distant future, refugees from Earth leave their dying planet behind for a wondrous galactic cluster known as "Starswarm."Originally published in 1963, Starswarm ... Read more

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Explore the fate of humankind across the stars in this classic collection of stories by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Helliconia trilogy."Aldiss' stories are cleverly conceived and deeply felt." — The A.V. ClubIn the far-distant future, refugees from Earth leave their dying planet behind for a wondrous galactic cluster known as "Starswarm."Originally published in 1963, Starswarm
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Remembrance Day

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Series Book 3 - The Squire Quartet
Third in the acclaimed Squire Quartet—from the author of "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," the basis for the movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.Winner of two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Brian W. Aldiss challenged readers' minds for over fifty years with literate, thought-provoking, and inventive science fiction.Ray and Ruby ... Read more

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Third in the acclaimed Squire Quartet—from the author of "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," the basis for the movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.Winner of two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Brian W. Aldiss challenged readers' minds for over fifty years with literate, thought-provoking, and inventive science fiction.Ray and Ruby
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Finches of Mars

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Colonists on Mars fight to prevent their own extinction in "a suspenseful genre-bending combination of straight SF and mystery" ( Booklist, starred review).Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp. For many, Mars represents humankind's last hope. In six tightly clustered towers on the red planet's surface, the colonists ... Read more

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Colonists on Mars fight to prevent their own extinction in "a suspenseful genre-bending combination of straight SF and mystery" ( Booklist, starred review).Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp. For many, Mars represents humankind's last hope. In six tightly clustered towers on the red planet's surface, the colonists
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Helliconia Winter

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Series Book 3 - The Helliconia Trilogy
A civilization crumbles as its planet hurtles away from its star in the final chapter of this "monumental" epic from the Grand Master of Science Fiction ( The Times, London).After many centuries, the flowering of human civilization has begun to dwindle again and the Great Year slowly progresses while the long, deadly cold winter looms—but a break in the long, repeating cycles of growth and decay ... Read more

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A civilization crumbles as its planet hurtles away from its star in the final chapter of this "monumental" epic from the Grand Master of Science Fiction ( The Times, London).After many centuries, the flowering of human civilization has begun to dwindle again and the Great Year slowly progresses while the long, deadly cold winter looms—but a break in the long, repeating cycles of growth and decay
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