Trillion Year Spree - The History of Science Fiction

Brian Aldiss, David Wingrove

Gollancz

1986

527 páginas

17h 34m

ISBN-10: 0575039434

Britain's most illustrious SF writer, Brian Aldiss, provides a witty and perceptive history of this extraordinary phenomenon, set in its social and literary context. Crammed with fascinating insights, this generous spree takes us through decades of treats for the escape to other dimensions, flights to other planets, lost worlds, utopias, mechanical creatures and intelligent aliens. Amusing, intelligent and authoritative, it takes us on a tour through that zone where literature and science engage in an eternal flirtation. Examining the great writers SF has produced, and the images that have become the cultural wallpaper of the present day, this comprehensive expedition is for buffs and tenderfoots alike. [The book is an expanded version of Aldiss's 1973 Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction.]