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Brian W. Aldiss

Af: Paul Kincaid Engelsk Paperback

Brian W. Aldiss

Af: Paul Kincaid Engelsk Paperback
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Brian W. Aldiss wrote classic science fiction novels like Report on Probability A and Hothouse. Billion Year Spree, his groundbreaking study of the field, defined the very meaning of SF and delineated its history. 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.

Paul Kincaid explores the many contradictions that underlay the distinctive qualities of Aldiss’s writing. 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. 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. 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.

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Brian W. Aldiss wrote classic science fiction novels like Report on Probability A and Hothouse. Billion Year Spree, his groundbreaking study of the field, defined the very meaning of SF and delineated its history. 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.

Paul Kincaid explores the many contradictions that underlay the distinctive qualities of Aldiss’s writing. 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. 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. 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.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 216
ISBN-13: 9780252086557
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0252086554
Kategori: Biografier: skønlitterære forfattere
Udg. Dato: 12 jul 2022
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 151mm
Forlag: University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato: 12 jul 2022
Forfatter(e): Paul Kincaid
Forfatter(e) Paul Kincaid

Kategori Biografier: skønlitterære forfattere

ISBN-13 9780252086557

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 216

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 229mm

Højde 151mm

Udg. Dato 12 jul 2022

Oplagsdato 12 jul 2022

Forlag University of Illinois Press