A Tupolev Too Far by Brian Aldiss

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A Tupolev Too Far by Brian Aldiss

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The twelve stories in this, Brian Aldiss' fifteenth collection of short stories, reveal a mindscape of places as close as Prague, the Aswan Sheraton, an Oxford garden where an orgy takes place and Moscow, and as distant as the Afterworld, a cabbage planet and the heart of our galaxy.

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A Tupolev Too Far by Brian Aldiss

The twelve stories in this, Brian Aldiss' fifteenth collection of short stories, reveal a mindscape of places as close as Prague, the Aswan Sheraton, an Oxford garden where an orgy takes place and Moscow, and as distant as the Afterworld, a cabbage planet and the heart of our galaxy.

‘Britain’s finest science-fiction writer’ Tribune

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

‘It’s a terrific yarn, but more than that; as Aldiss casually throws out ideas and speculations, it’s a reminder of why he’s 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

Brian Aldiss, OBE, was a fiction and science fiction writer, poet, playwright, critic, memoirist and artist. 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. Passing away in 2017, over the course of his life Aldiss wrote nearly 100 books and over 300 short stories – becoming one of the pre-eminent science fiction writers of the 20th and 21st century.

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ISBN 13 9780006476313
ISBN 10 0006476317
Title A Tupolev Too Far
Author Brian Aldiss
Series The Brian Aldiss Collection
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1994-10-24
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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