As Kincaid shows, contradictions created tensions that fueled the metaphorical underpinnings of Aldiss's work and shaped not only his long career but the evolution of postwar British science fiction. He wrote of prolific nature overwhelming humanity, believed war was madness even though it provided him with the happiest period of his life, and found parallels in the static lives of Indian peasants and hidebound English society. Wartime experiences in Asia and the alienation that arose upon his return to the cold austerity of postwar Britain inspired themes and imagery that Aldiss drew upon throughout his career. Paul Kincaid explores the many contradictions that underlay the distinctive qualities of Aldiss’s writing. Yet Aldiss’s discomfort with being a guiding spirit of the British New Wave and his pursuit of mainstream success characterized a lifelong ambivalence toward the genre. Billion Year Spree, his groundbreaking study of the field, defined the very meaning of SF and delineated its history. Aldiss wrote classic science fiction novels like Report on Probability A and Hothouse. I hope the people behind this audio enhanced title have figured out how things work by now and will fix this issue with future releases.Brian W. Hothouse underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscoreĪ Novel by Brian Aldiss underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscoreĬhapter 1 underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore underscore If you use the text to speach the Kindle reads out something along the lines of: The ebook uses lots of _ to separate chapters and headings at the start of the book. I did find one (funny) problem with a title purchased from Amazon. (isn't there a hygiene issue with sick people touching, coughing and sneezing onto these magazines that sit there for decades at a stretch?) I had a long wait in a Dr's surgery on Saturday and the Kindle meant I didn't have to rely on the supply of plague-ridden National Geographics that they leave festering on tables for patients to read.

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