The Dark Light Years: Brian Aldiss
The Utods are a highly advanced alien species from whom the human race might learn much, with superior technology and a profound philosophy. But when they meet, their customs and conventions are far beneath what humankind considers to be civilized.
Brian Aldiss’s satirical depiction of the first encounter and subsequent violent conflict between mankind and a gentle, intelligent race which it cannot understand was first published in 1964, but its archly ironic message of cultural misunderstanding and the potential for catastrophe it entails resonates as strongly today.
‘Flies straight to its mark with hardly a word wasted: a treat for the fans and required reading for anyone seriously interested in the fiction and ideas of today.’ Kingsley Amis More
The Good Ship Venus: John De St Jorre
Of Mortal Love: William Gerhardie
Of Mortal Love contains, for many critics and readers, the essence of all that is best in Gerhardie’s writing, and Michael Holroyd, in his 'Preface', voices the suspicion that it ... More
Allegro Postillions: Jonathan Keates
Galaxies like Grains of Sand: Brian Aldiss
‘Brian Aldiss seems to have always had a more oceanic sense of time than most science fiction writers, an almost measured vision of what will transpire in the long run, ... More
The Dark Light Years: Brian Aldiss
‘Flies straight to its mark with hardly a word wasted: a treat for the fans and required reading for anyone seriously interested in the fiction and ideas of today.’ Kingsley Amis on The Dark Light Years by Brian Aldiss. More
As If By Magic: Angus Wilson
Setting the World on Fire: Angus Wilson
The Wild Goose Chase: Rex Warner
The Wild Goose Chase, published in 1937 and Rex Warner’s first novel, was a groundbreaking piece of fiction. The novel follows three brothers whose journey is a dazzling original political ... More
The Passionate Friends: H. G. Wells
On the death of his father, Stephen Stratton writes a long and deeply personal letter to his son, hoping that, as his son becomes a man, he can benefit from ... More
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman: H. G. Wells
Sir Isaac Harman, international Bread and Cake magnate, suffers an onslaught of women. Waitresses strike at his London tea shops; invading dowagers drive him into hiding in his garden shed; ... More
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