Non-Stop |
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Author:
| Aldiss, Brian W. |
ISBN: | 978-1-5040-6404-0 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2020 |
Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $1.99 |
Book Description:
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A "brilliant . . . classic of the field" generation ship adventure from the Golden Age of Science Fiction by the author of the Helliconia Trilogy (Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). Non-Stop is Grand Master of Science Fiction and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Brian W. Aldiss's debut novel. Written in response to Robert Heinlein's
Orphans of the Sky and published in the late 1950s, it is set in a primitive world, home...
More Description A "brilliant . . . classic of the field" generation ship adventure from the Golden Age of Science Fiction by the author of the Helliconia Trilogy (Encyclopedia of Science Fiction).
Non-Stop is Grand Master of Science Fiction and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Brian W. Aldiss's debut novel. Written in response to Robert Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky and published in the late 1950s, it is set in a primitive world, home to tribes of inhabitants who endure their harsh and stunted lives in a maze of corridors. Though legends exist that they're actually on a ship traveling through the universe, no one really believes it. But that conviction doesn't stop a group of people from embarking on a mission to find the rumored "Forwards" section and its control room. Through a tangled, hydroponic jungle, they'll encounter telepathic animals, giants, outcasts, and mutants in an epic race to uncover the truth--and survive . . .
"A breakneck ride filled with some truly disturbing and chaotic imagery . . . Aldiss' world is visceral and powerful." --Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
"Worth reading, and quite a significant contribution to the long SF history of generation ship novels." --SF Site
Praise for Brian W. Aldiss
"A major figure in world SF . . . Whatever else Aldiss may be, predictable he is not." --The Guardian
"One of the most influential--and one of the best--SF writers Britain has ever produced." --Iain M. Banks, award-winning author of the Culture series
"One of the most important SF writers of the 20th century." --Publishers Weekly