Cormcolash
Well-Known Member
Yeah HARM was good, interesting societal kind of study of sorts, taking things to an extreme that actually doesn't seem that far off.
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Brian writes…
I am trying to keep this quiet, but in August I am going to celebrate my ninetieth birthday.
My publishers will celebrate by publishing a limited edition in facsimile of my teenage collection of stories entitled ”Whip Donovan”. These wonderful survivors are liberally illustrated by my watercolour paintings. They were executed when I should have been studying theology…
I am currently working on a long novel set in Russia in the 18th century. Typical SF, of course.
Harper Voyager will soon reprint everything I wrote in the sixties decade (another case of missing theology…)
BWA
What do you make of it so far?Currently 3/4 of the way through the Helliconia trilogy. Beast of a book, 1300+ pages.
What do you make of it so far?
Funnily enough I stumbled onto his website tonight, it's still quite good. I have never read anything by him, recommend me one will ye?
And well by the looks of him here, between michael moorcock and some other lad at some yoke last week
The new website is nice, although not all the contents seems to be there yet. I wish more people would read Aldiss books and discuss them here.
http://brianaldiss.co.uk
Funnily enough I stumbled onto his website tonight, it's still quite good. I have never read anything by him, recommend me one will ye?
I found them fairly straight forward and generic in terms of the structure, at least by Aldiss standards. Summer was great but I didn't think much of the other two. It all went a bit new agey, if I recall correctly.
I still haven't read any of his stuff but I was telling my 93 year old grandfather about him the other day, told him to get up and write a book alreadyAldiss on a random selection of his novels and their covers
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I bought a book by him yesterday. None of these. FUCK YOUR ADVICEAfter that it gets a bit hit and miss but even most of his not-so-great ones have something that makes them worthwhile.
- The Malacia Tapestry
- Brothers of the Head*
- Dracula Unbound
- The Squire Quartet is good, first one is the worst iirc
- The Moment of Eclipse and The Secret of this Book are excellent short story collections. The first is mostly sci-fi-ish and the second less so
The Helliconia trilogy is very popular but very over-rated in my opinion
* get the original illustrated edition, I got it for $0.80
Do I have to ask what one you bought?I bought a book by him yesterday. None of these. FUCK YOUR ADVICE
I have forgotten and i can't find it on his bibliography online. Some mid 80's eco-one that isn't part of a massive series.Do I have to ask what one you bought?
mid 60's as it turns outI have forgotten and i can't find it on his bibliography online. Some mid 80's eco-one that isn't part of a massive series.
I already know that you only gave Frankenstein Unbound two stars on goodreads. That was the one that I meant to say was excellent, not Dracula Unbound although that one is quite enjoyable.FFS. I'll read Frankenstein Unbound after this and if it's no good i'm gonna hold you responsible
Agatha Christie’s secret
When I was a young bookseller in Oxford, I was fortunate enough to have lunch with Agatha Christie at All Souls College. She was very grand but all sweetness, and I plucked up the courage to look for some writerly advice, asking how she came up with such complex novels that tie together so neatly. She told me she wrote the books as normal, all the way through, before pausing at the penultimate chapter. She’d then work out who was the least likely character to have committed the crime and go back to fix a few train timetables, alter some relationships and make sure it all made sense, before proceeding to the end.
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