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First published 1990
Publisher Avernus
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Joseph Reed
Pages 128
Price £25.00
ISBN 1871503051

Anthology of short stories (new and old), memoirs, appreciations and assorted miscellanea produced by Brian Aldiss's family, friends and colleagues as a surprise 65th birthday present.


• This edition is limited to 500 copies.

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Galactic Bus Pass Frank Hatherley Essay
7 Life With Brian (the public version) Margaret Aldiss Essay
11 What Can I say? Kingsley Amis Essay
13 In 1969, in a bar overlooking Copacabana beach... J. G. Ballard Essay
14 The Young Story-Teller Harold Boyer Essay
15 Letter to Brian W. Aldiss Charles N. Brown Essay
17 Wooo - Woo - Wo Ken Campbell Essay
21 Brian and The Sticklebacks E. W. Cooney Essay
23 An Appreciation of Brian W. Aldiss Malcolm Edwards Essay
25 A Birthday Hologram J. T. Fraser Short Story
26 Enigma 65: 3 Candles on a Clockwork Cake Colin Greenland Short Story
31 Luncheon in Budapest Harry Harrison Short Story
34 On the Shoulders of Giants David G. Hartwell Essay
35 A Is for Brian Frank Hatherley Poem
37 Clog-Dancing with Brian Aldiss: A True Story Robert Holdstock Short Story
44 To Be an Aldiss Antony King-Deacon Poem
47 God Bless Brothers Betty King-Deacon Essay
50 An Appreciation of Brian W. Aldiss Doris Lessing Essay
51 3 Haiku for Brian Mark Lodge Poem
52 An Appreciation Sam J. Lundwall Essay
53 Time Everlasting Sam J. Lundwall Short Story
58 The First Time I Met Brian Willis E. McNelly Essay
60 The Brian W. Aldiss Appeal Michael Moorcock Essay
63 An Appreciation of Brian W. Aldiss Philip Morsberger Essay
65 A Plot-twist with Brian Josef Nesvadba Short Story
71 A memoir of Brian W. Aldiss Maggie Noach Essay
72 On Worming One's Way Into a Brian Aldiss Novel Charles Parr Essay
73 The Many Faces of Brian Aldiss Rog Peyton Essay
74 Regarding the Gospel Frederik Pohl Essay
76 Beyond the Tree Susan Porrett Essay
79 One Or Two Things I Know About Him Christopher Priest Essay
90 In the Palace of the Dictator Kit Reed Short Story
98 Hail To Thee, Brian Aldiss Hilary Rubinstein Essay
101 A Long Passage to India Dave Seager Essay
103 Aldiss and Me: A Literary Memoir Tom Shippey Poem
106 Letter to Brian W. Aldiss Robert Silverberg Essay
107 After the Myths Went Home Robert Silverberg Short Story
114 Psychiatric Comment Anthony Storr Poem
115 An Appreciation of Brian W. Aldiss Robin Straus Essay
116 Some Memories of Schooldays with Brian Aldiss John F. Watts Essay
120 At the Freed Slave David Wingrove Short Story
127 A is for Brian: Brian's 65th Birthday Book Frank Hatherley Essay