Brian Aldiss Anyone? (3 Viewers)

[Denny Oubidoux]

anybody like his books? Ive been getting into them recently and he's currently one of my faves. He's plots all seem to ramble aimlessly all over the place and he's really funny too. i particularly enjoyed "somewhere east of life" and "frankenstein unbound" which had me rolling about the place laughing. it has one of the best monstors ever! i have a stack waiting at home for me to read them in a few weeks when i have time for such stuff again. cant wait.

 

[K PAX]

Hi. Funny story actually. I once had a friend, I haven't seen him in a while, he was/is a hardcore artist. Painter to be precise. Talented like you wouldn't believe, I.Q must be in the thousands, but unable to control his desires for alcohol and other much harder substances. So a life of strife he leads! But, while we were hanging out one night into the wee hours, talkin the shiiit, he happened to mention one Brian Aldiss! I said ' I hadn't ', he said ' you should have ', we laughed, and then he told me about him and his great books. He couldn't overemphasize how important the man was and how truly great and wonderfully inciteful (insightful...ya thats probably more like it..though the irony isn't lost on me..or is it the freudian undertones..ok I'm wafflin) he hee. Yeah, so I haven't read any of them yet, but I'm glad you posted that and reminded me, I must check him out for myself. Ah the memories.

Anything else..

 

[Rogue]

Aw man, I read loaaaads of his stuff back in the days but can't remember any of it, I'm sure it'll all come back to me if i pick up a book though.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Hi. Funny story actually. I once had a friend, I haven't seen him in a while, he was/is a hardcore artist. Painter to be precise. Talented like you wouldn't believe, I.Q must be in the thousands, but unable to control his desires for alcohol and other much harder substances. So a life of strife he leads! But, while we were hanging out one night into the wee hours, talkin the shiiit, he happened to mention one Brian Aldiss! I said ' I hadn't ', he said ' you should have ', we laughed, and then he told me about him and his great books. He couldn't overemphasize how important the man was and how truly great and wonderfully inciteful (insightful...ya thats probably more like it..though the irony isn't lost on me..or is it the freudian undertones..ok I'm wafflin) he hee. Yeah, so I haven't read any of them yet, but I'm glad you posted that and reminded me, I must check him out for myself. Ah the memories.

Anything else..

its true, his books are absolutely amazing. his writing is really off the cuff and fresh, the plots are generally quite ramshackle and take unpredicatble turns all over the shop and the dialogue is always very witty and sharp. even his older books dont feel dated at all because his writing style is so good. and despite the devil-may-care vibe off most of his work there are still loads of profound bits that stick in the memory. definitely one of the best writers ever. my favorites so far are probably "The Malacia Tapestry", "Frankenstein Unbound", "Rememberance Day" and "Forgotten Life" but I havent read a bad one and I've read loads of them now. Luckily theres fuckloads more to read yet!

 

[pete]

I read Greybeard and The 80 Minute Hour about 25 years ago because jeff minter called one of his games Ancipital (after the yokes in the Helliconia trilogy) but didn't really like them.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

you were probably too young. the helliconia books are my least favorite so far, although the second one was fairly deadly

 

[pete]

you were probably too young. the helliconia books are my least favorite so far, although the second one was fairly deadly

ah no, it was really only about 20 years...

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I'm glad to see Brian Aldiss is still alive

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

 

[David Kronenbourg]

i'm going to read Frankenstein Unbound after i finish the book i'm currently reading. watch this space

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Fuck

What if he finds it mediocre...

 

[Cormcolash]

Read 'The Malacia Tapestry' , fucking amazing

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Brian Aldiss roundoup: Equator, The Interpretor, Frankenstein Unbound, The Eighty-minute Hour

Some lad reads and reviews 4 aldiss books

 

[Cormcolash]

An Age is cool actually, just realised I read that one ages ago...

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Is that the one where the main guy is travelling through time using these strange pod things that you sleep in and at one point he winds up in a damp english village where some woman has a bad egg of a husband? that was a good one whatever it was. Aldiss being Aldiss yer man probably got it on with the wife.

Have you read Brothers Of The Head? That's up there with the Malacia Tapestry, but its totally different. Worth getting the original illustrated edition.

 

[Cormcolash]

Is that the one where the main guy is travelling through time using these strange pod things that you sleep in and at one point he winds up in a damp english village where some woman has a bad egg of a husband? that was a good one whatever it was. Aldiss being Aldiss yer man probably got it on with the wife.

Have you read Brothers Of The Head? That's up there with the Malacia Tapestry, but its totally different. Worth getting the original illustrated edition.

Yeah that's the one alright. The people in the English village turn out to be his ancestors or something.

Haven't read Brothers Of The Head, have to keep my eyes open for it

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

He has a new one out called Finches of Mars, it sounds a bit like that Mars One tv show. I pre-ordered it a while ago and yesterday got an email indicating that the one just shipped has been signed and numbered by the author. I suppose that warrants a mention in Minor Pleasures rather than a thread bump. He has one or two more new ones finished and has just started another apparently.

Have you read his short stories.@Cormcolash;? The good ones are amazing.

 

[Cormcolash]

I always try to stay away from short stories in favour of novels, for most authors, but I may see what I can download now that I have a Kindle on the go, haha

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Another new one out just in time for the christmas - Comfort Zone

A new novel from one of Britain’s best-loved writer, Brian Aldiss OBE, set in and around his home-town of Oxford.

Set in contemporary Oxford, this incisive novel charts the breakdown of a community.A new mosque is to be built – on the site of a derelict pub – and gradually, half-hidden prejudices begin to surface, and relationships between the residents start to sour. Drawing closely on current affairs, this novel investigates what it means to live in a post 7/7 world, where paranoia, prejudice and fear compete with tolerance and diversity.

 

[Cormcolash]

Sounds a bit like HARM, read that one last year

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

HARM was good I thought. I don't think this one will have any insect-shaped people