Last Orders and Other Stories

by Brian W. Aldiss

Paperback, 1979

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Library's review

Indeholder "Author's Note", "Last Orders", "Creatures of Apogee", "Enigma 1: Year by Year the Evil Gains", "Enigma 2: Diagrams for Three Stories", "Live? Our Computers Will Do That For Us", "The Monster of Ingratitude IV", "Enigma 3: The Aperture Moment", "Backwater", "Enigma 4: The Eternal Theme
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of Exile", "The Expensive Delicate Ship", "Enigma 5: Three Coins in Clockwork Fountains", "An Appearance of Life", "Wired for Sound", "Journey to the Heartland".

"Author's Note" handler om en bar, hvor en forfatter og en mand i smart tøj småskændes om hvorfor forfatteren skriver science fiction. Folk er ligeglade, for de ved at verden går under om en uge.
"Last Orders" handler om Jorden, der er ved at revne pgra gravitetiske eksperimenter på Månen, så man er ved at evakuere det hele. Politimanden, The Captain, er ved at skubbe de sidste ud af en bar, men i stedet kommer han til at blive hængende. Sikkert alt for længe.
"Creatures of Apogee" handler om en planet i meget elliptisk bane, så der er simpelthen to racer, der skiftes til at kunne leve på den.
"Enigma 1: Year by Year the Evil Gains" handler om ???
"Enigma 2: Diagrams for Three Stories" handler om ???
"Live? Our Computers Will Do That For Us" handler om ???
"The Monster of Ingratitude IV" handler om ???
"Enigma 3: The Aperture Moment" handler om ???
"Backwater" handler om ???
"Enigma 4: The Eternal Theme of Exile" handler om ???
"The Expensive Delicate Ship" handler om ???
"Enigma 5: Three Coins in Clockwork Fountains" handler om ???
"An Appearance of Life" handler om ???
"Wired for Sound" handler om ???
"Journey to the Heartland" handler om ???

Udmærkede noveller.
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Publication

Panther (1979), Paperback, 224 pages

Description

Darting from the comic to the grave, this collection covers such imaginative ground as the final conversation to be held on Earth, a doppelganger ark, alien beings, Stalin's daughter, Arab tourism, and machines that bring paintings to life.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1977

Physical description

224 p.; 17.2 cm

ISBN

058604681X / 9780586046814

Local notes

Omslag: Peter Goodfellow
Omslaget viser en forvrænget gylden skikkelse
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi

Pages

224

Library's rating

Rating

(13 ratings; 3.1)

DDC/MDS

823.914
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