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Science Fiction Blues

Brian Aldiss

First published 1988
Publisher Avernus
Format Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art David A. Hardy
Pages 160
Price £4.95
ISBN 1871503000


• "Published to coincide with the first World Fantasy Conference to be held in London." • Edited by Frank Hatherley, who extracted the plays. • Directed by Ken Campbell. Actors: Aldiss, Campbell, Petronilla Whitfield. • Month from Locus1

Page Title Author(s) Type
9 Bard of the Clan-Cave Robert Holdstock Essay
11 He Who Plays the Spider King Brian Aldiss Essay
19 Science Fiction Blues (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
21 Super-Toys Last All Summer Long (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
31 The Death of Art? (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
34 The Expensive Delicate Ship (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
39 Don't Go To Jupiter Brian Aldiss Poem
41 Star-Time Brian Aldiss Poem
42 The Cat Improvement Company Brian Aldiss Poem
44 Progression of the Species Brian Aldiss Poem
46 Juniper (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
48 Conversation on Progress (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
54 Drinks with the Spider King (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
63 Three Serials (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
83 Last Orders (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
99 The Night of the Talking Dog Ken Campbell & Petronilla Whitfield Essay
103 Science Fiction Blues: Extras Frank Hatherley Essay
105 Bill Carter Takes Over (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
116 Talking Heads (play) Brian Aldiss Short Story
133 Traveller, Traveller, Seek Your Wife in the Forests of This Life Brian Aldiss Short Story
137 The Ascent of Humbelstein Brian Aldiss Short Story
143 Those Shouting Nights Brian Aldiss Short Story
147 Science Fiction Poetry Frank Hatherley Essay
149 The Lying Truth Brian Aldiss Poem
150 Destruction of the Fifth Planet Brian Aldiss Poem
151 The Expanding Universe Brian Aldiss Poem
152 Bacterial Action Brian Aldiss Poem
153 To a Triceratops Skull in the British Museum Brian Aldiss Poem
154 Femalien Brian Aldiss Poem
155 Space Burial Brian Aldiss Poem
156 Taking Leave of a Northern Institution Brian Aldiss Poem
157 Thomas Hardy Considers the Newly-Published Special Theory of Relativity Brian Aldiss Poem
158 Parting Late in Life Brian Aldiss Poem
159 Happiness and Suffering Brian Aldiss Poem