Last Orders
by Brian Wilson Aldiss
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Darting from the comic to the grave, this collection covers such imaginative ground as the final conversation to be held on Earth, a doppelganger ark, alien beings, Stalin's daughter, Arab tourism, and machines that bring paintings to life.Tags
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Indeholder "Author's Note", "Last Orders", "Creatures of Apogee", "Enigma 1: Year by Year the Evil Gains", "Enigma 2: Diagrams for Three Stories", "Live? Our Computers Will Do That For Us", "The Monster of Ingratitude IV", "Enigma 3: The Aperture Moment", "Backwater", "Enigma 4: The Eternal Theme of Exile", "The Expensive Delicate Ship", "Enigma 5: Three Coins in Clockwork Fountains", "An Appearance of Life", "Wired for Sound", "Journey to the Heartland".
"Author's Note" handler om en bar, hvor en forfatter og en mand i smart tøj småskændes om hvorfor forfatteren skriver science fiction. Folk er ligeglade, for de ved at verden går under om en uge.
"Last Orders" handler om Jorden, der er ved at revne pgra gravitetiske eksperimenter på show more Månen, så man er ved at evakuere det hele. Politimanden, The Captain, er ved at skubbe de sidste ud af en bar, men i stedet kommer han til at blive hængende. Sikkert alt for længe.
"Creatures of Apogee" handler om en planet i meget elliptisk bane, så der er simpelthen to racer, der skiftes til at kunne leve på den.
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"Author's Note" handler om en bar, hvor en forfatter og en mand i smart tøj småskændes om hvorfor forfatteren skriver science fiction. Folk er ligeglade, for de ved at verden går under om en uge.
"Last Orders" handler om Jorden, der er ved at revne pgra gravitetiske eksperimenter på show more Månen, så man er ved at evakuere det hele. Politimanden, The Captain, er ved at skubbe de sidste ud af en bar, men i stedet kommer han til at blive hængende. Sikkert alt for længe.
"Creatures of Apogee" handler om en planet i meget elliptisk bane, så der er simpelthen to racer, der skiftes til at kunne leve på den.
"Enigma 1: Year by Year the Evil Gains" handler om ???
"Enigma 2: Diagrams for Three Stories" handler om ???
"Live? Our Computers Will Do That For Us" handler om ???
"The Monster of Ingratitude IV" handler om ???
"Enigma 3: The Aperture Moment" handler om ???
"Backwater" handler om ???
"Enigma 4: The Eternal Theme of Exile" handler om ???
"The Expensive Delicate Ship" handler om ???
"Enigma 5: Three Coins in Clockwork Fountains" handler om ???
"An Appearance of Life" handler om ???
"Wired for Sound" handler om ???
"Journey to the Heartland" handler om ???
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Sep 25, 2012 (Edited)Danish
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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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- Canonical title
- Last Orders
- Original publication date
- 1977
- Dedication
- For Philip, Jane & Co. with love
- First words
- The alphameter indicated that two people, perhaps more, were somewhere in the block.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She pours them drinks. Martinis for her and Angsteed, a Coke for Rose-Jean.
- Blurbers
- Cooper, Edmund
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