Intangibles Inc. and Other Stories
by Brian W. Aldiss
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Five classic science fiction and fantasy tales from the author of "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," the inspiration for the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence . Science Fiction Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss was a prolific author, as well as a winner of two Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award. Originally published in 1969, Intangibles, Inc. collects five amazing short works from early in his career. In "Neanderthal Planet," an author is caught attempting to escape a zoo where human beings are show more sequestered and must explain his behavior to the ruling artificial intelligence. Unborn children in "Randy's Syndrome" grow frustrated with the state of the world and revolt. A psychiatrist believes he's Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria in "Send Her Victorious." A strange little man peddles an even stranger product that rules the lives and deaths of its customers in the title tale. And in "Since the Assassination," a political assassination, evidence of a time distortion, and a drug granting immortality could all spell disaster for Earth. Each story in this anthology grapples with uniquely brilliant ideas, and together they vividly illustrate the powerful imagination of one of Britain's greatest science fiction writers. show lessTags
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A set of Novellas by a competent prose writer. The stories have some interest, the one about freud, and the one about the drug pushing first lady, are quite interesting.
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Brian W. Aldiss was born in Dereham, United Kingdom on August 18, 1925. In 1943, he joined the Royal Signals regiment, and saw action in Burma. After World War II, he worked as a bookseller at Oxford University. His first book, The Brightfount Diaries, was published in 1955. His first science fiction novel, Non-Stop (Starship in the United show more States), was published in 1958. He wrote more than 80 books including Hothouse, Greybeard, The Helliconia Trilogy, The Squire Quartet, Frankenstein Unbound, The Malacia Tapestry, Walcot, and Mortal Morning. His short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long was the basis for the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. He has received numerous awards for his work including two Hugo Awards, the Nebula Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and an OBE for services to literature. He was also an anthologist and an artist. He was the editor of 40 anthologies including Introducing SF, The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus, Space Opera, Space Odysseys, Galactic Empires, Evil Earths, and Perilous Planets. He was an abstract artist and his first solo exhibition, The Other Hemisphere, was held in Oxford in August-September 2010. He died on August 19, 2017 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Intangibles Inc. and Other Stories
- Original title
- Intangibles Inc. and Other Stories
- Original publication date
- 1969 (collection) (collection); 1959 (Intangibles Inc.) (Intangibles Inc.); 1960 (Neanderthal Planet) (Neanderthal Planet); 1967 (Randy's Syndrome) (Randy's Syndrome); 1968 (Send Her Victorious) (Send Her Victorious); 1969 (Since the Assassination) (Since the Assassination)
- First words
- Hidden machines varied the five axioms of the Scanning Place.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'I just want to make a note of something,' he said.
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 823.08762
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- Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 823.08762 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Science fiction
- LCC
- PZ4 .A363 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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