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Brian W. Aldiss (Hardcover)
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Brian W. Aldiss (Hardcover)
Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction
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Brian W. Aldiss wrote classic science fiction novels like Report on
Probability A and Hothouse. Billion Year Spree, his groundbreaking
study of the field, defined the very meaning of SF and delineated
its history. Yet Aldiss's discomfort with being a guiding spirit of
the British New Wave and his pursuit of mainstream success
characterized a lifelong ambivalence toward the genre. Paul Kincaid
explores the many contradictions that underlay the distinctive
qualities of Aldiss's writing. Wartime experiences in Asia and the
alienation that arose upon his return to the cold austerity of
postwar Britain inspired themes and imagery that Aldiss drew upon
throughout his career. He wrote of prolific nature overwhelming
humanity, believed war was madness even though it provided him with
the happiest period of his life, and found parallels in the static
lives of Indian peasants and hidebound English society. As Kincaid
shows, contradictions created tensions that fueled the metaphorical
underpinnings of Aldiss's work and shaped not only his long career
but the evolution of postwar British science fiction.
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