Walcot (The Brian Aldiss Collection)

(Paperback)

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A story charting the events of the twentieth century through the eyes of the Fielding family, whose fortunes are altered irrevocably

The Brian Aldiss collection includes over 50 books and spans the authors entire career, from his debut in 1955 to his more recent work.
On the glorious sands of the North Norfolk coast, Steve, the youngest member of the Fielding family, plays alone. But are these halcyon days
War is looming, and things will never be the same again. This book, described by Brian as his magnum opus, charts the fortunes of the Fielding family throughout the twentieth century.

Reviews

Britains finest science-fiction writer. Tribune

Once again he demonstrates the power of his imagination. Daily Mail

Its a terrific yarn, but more than that; as Aldiss casually throws out ideas and speculations, its a reminder of why hes one of the giants of the field. SFX Magazine

One of our best novelists. William Boyd

A rattling good yarn Daily Telegraph

Brian Aldiss is one of those writers who can stand back and look out across the vast fictional landscape of sciences fiction, and consider himself both a creator and a destroyer of worlds; a mortal God if you will. Starburst Magazine

'For decades, Brian Aldiss has been among our most prolific and consistently stylish writers.' Telegraph

Frightening, gripping not one for the squeamish Illustrated London News

The best of British science fiction writers Scotsman

Author Bio

Brian Aldiss, OBE, is a fiction and science fiction writer, poet, playwright, critic, memoirist and artist. He was born in Norfolk in 1925. After leaving the army, Aldiss worked as a bookseller, which provided the setting for his first book, The Brightfount Diaries (1955). His first published science fiction work was the story Criminal Record, which appeared in Science Fantasy in 1954. Since then he has written nearly 100 books and over 300 short stories, many of which are being reissued as part of The Brian Aldiss Collection. Several of Aldiss books have been adapted for the cinema; his story Supertoys Last All Summer Long was adapted and released as the film AI in 2001. Besides his own writing, Brian has edited numerous anthologies of science fiction and fantasy stories, as well as the magazine SF Horizons. Aldiss is a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society and in 2000 was given the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Aldiss was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 2005. He now lives in Oxford, the city in which his bookselling career began in 1947.