Aldiss, Brian: TRILLION YEAR SPREE

This is the first book ever to present a comprehensive history of science fiction. No other form of literature has so proliferated. SF derives its strength from combining to a unique degree the serious and the escapist, the intellectual and the lunatic. Yet only a few years ago, anything labelled "SF was read only by few "fans" - who, in part by their own efforts, have lived to see their secret movement meet with global success.

As the title indicates, while SF is a kind of joyride through all that modern man and woman hold dear or odious - a trillion year spree, in fact - it remains a rich and wildly diverse literature which offers a good deal that is relevant for our present.

AUTHORS:Brian Aldiss, David Wingrove

COVER: hardback

PAGES: 511

LANGUAGE: english