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ALDISS, A Is for Brian. A 65th Birthday Present for Brian W. Aldiss from His Family,Friends,Colleagues and Admirers.
. Edited by Frank Hatherley, with Margaret Aldiss and Malcolm Edwards.Assisted by Mark Gilkes. Avernus 1990.128pp;22.5 x 19cm.;Features numerous p hotos,drawings anecdotes,verses,and other tributes to B.W.A.;SIGNED presentation by Aldiss on frontispiece:"A Souvenir for my dear friend Marshall Tymn,Affectionately Brian Aldiss July 1990."Includes separate photograph of Aldiss.Paperback.Near fine.Good condition. ΒΆ Family, friends, colleagues and admirers were invited to contribute to this secret 65th birthday present. From all over the world came fiction, memoirs, artwork, rare photographs, anecdotes, open letters celebrating the life and achievements of this unique writer, one of the world's leading story-tellers, one of the pillars of world SF, and clearly one of the major figures in the lives of the various contributors. The quality and range of the contributions is fascinating: - Specially written new stories from Robert Holdstock, Kit Reed, Colin Greenland, David Wingrove, Josef Nesvadba - Rare and Aldiss-inspired stories from Harry Harrison, Sam J. Lundwall, Robert Silverberg - Appreciations and memoirs from, among others, Kingsley Amis, J.G. Ballard, Ken Campbell, Doris Lessing, Michael Moorcock, Frederik Pohl, Christopher Priest - Artwork from Philip Morsberger and Patrick Eddington, plus the graphic alphabet from Joseph Reed that gives the book its name - Contributions from colleagues, school mates, teachers, army friends, academics, agents, publishers, the Aldiss family.. [DR-m].
Offered for GBP 25.00 = appr. US$ 40.90 by: Thornton's Bookshop - Book number: 011184
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