Man in His Time: The Best SF Stories of Brian Aldiss

This collection of SF stories represents thirty years of Brian Aldiss’ prolific writing life. Including perceptive insights into the Cold War and our mounting knowledge of Mars, Aldiss demonstrates how stories that had a special significance Then can rouse our senses Now, and turns the incredible into the wondrously plausible. Contents: Outside (1955) The Failed Men (1956) All the World’s Tears (1957) Poor Little Warrior! (1958) Who Can Replace a Man? (1958) Man on Bridge (1964) The Girl and the Robot with Flowers (1965) The Saliva Tree (1965) Man in His Time (1965) Heresies of the Huge God (1966) Confluence (1967) Working in the Spaceship Yards (1969) Super-Toys Last All Summer Long (1969) Sober Noises of Morning in a Marginal Land (1971) The Dark Soul of the Night (1976) Appearance of Life (1976) Last Orders (1976) Door Slams in Fourth World (1982) The Gods in Flight (1984) My Country ‘Tis Not Only of Thee (1987) Infestation (1986) The Difficulties Involved in Photographing Nix Olympica (1986)