The Moment of Eclipse

Aldiss, Brian

ISBN 10: 0571095704 / ISBN 13: 9780571095704

Published by Faber and Faber, 1970

About this Item

Very Good hardback (light edgewear, small white spot on front cover, page edges lightly foxed), in Good dustwrapper (light edgewear). Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. 215 pp 8vo black cloth in dustwrapper. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Seller Inventory # 55207

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Moment of Eclipse
• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571095704
• ISBN 13: 9780571095704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition thus.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • English Literature/Poetry/Drama

About this title

Synopsis

Collection of short stories, including 'Supertoys Last All Summer Long', the inspiration for Spielberg's blockbuster AI: Artificial Intelligence.

About the Author

Brian Wilson Aldiss was born in East Dareham, Norfolk, in 1925 and has written over 40 novels and over 300 short stories, making him one of the most important voices in science fiction writing today. He worked as a Bookseller in Oxford between 1947 and 1956 during which he wrote his first novel The Brightfount Diaries. His first work of science fiction was Non-Stop (1958) and he won the Most Promising New Author award at the SF convention the following year. At this time his work was characterised by innovative literary techniques and a high sexual content.

In 1962 Hothouse won a Hugo award given by the World Science Fiction Society and in the seventies he explored the experiences of a young soldier in The Horatio Stubbs Saga novels. With Frankenstein Unbound and Moreau’s Other Island he paid tribute to two founders of SF - Mary Shelley and H.G. Wells. By the time of the release of the well received Hellinconia sequence he had become one of the most prominent British SF writers rivalling such fellow authors as J.G.Ballard and Michael Moorcock

Since 1961 Aldiss has edited anthologies including SF Horizons and has regularly reviewed for the TLS as well as numerous newspapers. Other works include a history of SF, Billion Year Spree, an autobiography Twinkling of an Eye and some poetry. In 1999 he became A Grand Master at the Nebula awards given by the SF and Fantasy Writers Guild for his lifetime achievements in SF writing.