Book description
'Brian Aldiss seems to have always had a more oceanic sense of time
than most science fiction writers, an almost measured vision of what
will transpire in the long run, a time-sense which is reflected both
in his fiction and in the pace and course of his career.' Norman
Spinrad These nine stories from 1960, early in Brian Aldiss's long and
productive career, were originally conceived as a single entity, and
form a chronicle of the next forty million years. They are arranged
sequentially, beginning with the near-future and ending, with 'The
Ultimate Millennia', hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years
later. '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
Brian Aldiss, born in 1925, is one of the most prolific authors of
both general and science fiction. In a writing career stretching from
1955 to the present he has published over seventy books. He has also
been an influential compiler of science fiction anthologies. A Science
Fiction Omnibus is available as a Penguin Modern Classic. Faber have
reissued six of his best science fiction titles: Earthworks,
Cryptozoic!, Barefoot in the Head, Galaxies like Grains of Sand, The
Dark Light Years and The Shape of Further Things.
