Super-State

Super-State
Brian W Aldiss
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 240pg
18 Mar 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780007482528
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SUPER-STATE is Europe in a mere 40 years' time, where men and women are much like us, but despite technological advancement the basic questions of life have yet to be answered by either philosophers or scientists . The comedy emerges from human behaviour - as does the tragedy. While many go their own moderately sweet way, Britain and Europe are bedevilled by global warming and war with an external enemy. With cool wit, Aldiss shows us what might happen as Europe expands and Britain and Ireland shrink. Better times seem, as always, to be on the way, but a subversive group calling themselves the 'Insanatics' is sending out doleful messages to worry and provoke the population. Androids, too, prove nothing but a nuisance, and are generally kept locked in the cupboard. However, life goes on as usual - except for the crew of an expedition to another planet. But the least said about that the better.
'Brian Aldiss is one of the most influential - and one of the best - SF writers Britain has ever produced' - Iain Banks 'Full of widsom lacking from even the most percipient works of younger authors' - SFX 'Black, bitter and darkly unforgiving, this is classic Aldiss' - Guardian 'Unlike many satirists, Aldiss does not run out of steam, producing a finale which is as provocative as it is unexpected. Super-State is a rarity: a book remembered not for characters or plot but rather for its funny, committed engagement with the issues of this day and its tomorrow' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'Expansive, speculative fiction' ZONE-SF.COM
Brian Aldiss was born in and exiled from East Dereham in Norfolk in 1925 and is one of the doyens of science fiction both as a writer and critic. He is also an accomplished memoirist (THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE; THE HAND-REARED BOY, etc).
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780007482528
Published: 18 Mar 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 130g
Pages: 240

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