About the Author

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.

Reviews

‘Frightening, gripping… not one for the squeamish.’ ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ‘The best of British science fiction writers.’ THE SCOTSMAN ‘A rattling good yarn.’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘Aldiss is a magician.’ SUNDAY TIMES