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    Barefoot in the Head by Brian W. Aldiss (Faber and Faber, 1969, 0-571-09162-8, £1.50, 281pp, hc, n.) [Colin Charteris]
        SF novel, subtitled “A European Fantasia”, most originally published as separate stories in sf Impulse and New Worlds.



    Benkoelen: A Christmas Tale by Brian W. Aldiss (self-published, December 2009, 9pp, ph, vi)
        Printed and published by the author as a 2009 Christmas card. Limited to 100 copies.






    Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction by Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, December 1973, 0-297-76555-8, £3.75, 339pp, hc, nf, cover by David November)
        A large survey of sf marked by iconoclasms, enthusiasms, and impatience.







    The Brightfount Diaries by Brian W. Aldiss (Faber and Faber, 1955, 12/6d, 200pp, hc, n., cover by Pearl Falconer)
        Novel about a bookshop in a small provincial city, originally serialised in The Bookseller.




    Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith’s: A Writing Life by Brian W. Aldiss (Avernus, July 12, 1990, 1-871503-04-3, £40.00, 280pp, hc, nf, cover by Terry Griffiths)
        Autobiographical look at the life of a writer. This edition contains six chapters (comprising 56 pages) more than the Hodder & Stoughton edition and is limited to 250 copies. Each copy contains a special signed Aldiss “associational item” (such as an airline ticket or a convention program) with each book containing a full list of all 250 items.


    Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith’s: A Writing Life (var. 1) by Brian W. Aldiss (Hodder & Stoughton, July 26, 1990, 0-340-53661-6, £13.95, 221pp, hc, nf, cover by Terry Griffiths)
        Reprint (Avernus 1990) autobiographical look at the life of a writer. This trade edition contains six chapters fewer than the Avernus edition.



    A Chinese Perspective by Brian W. Aldiss (James Goddard, 2000, £7.95, 72pp, ph, na)
        SF novella originally published in anthology Anticipations (1978). The text has been revised and there is a new introduction by Aldiss.


    Cities and Stones: A Traveller’s Jugoslavia by Brian W. Aldiss (Faber and Faber, 1966, no ISBN, 42/-, 291pp, hc, nf)
        Travel journal of a holiday in Jugoslavia.


    Comfort Zone by Brian Aldiss (The Friday Project, December 19, 2013, 978-0-00-748248-1, £9.99, 308pp, tp, n., cover by Ifan Bates)
        Associational novel about the breakdown of a contemporary community due to prejudice and mistrust


    Comic Inferno by Brian W. Aldiss (NEL, October 1973, 450-01636-6, 40p, 159pp, pb, co, cover by Bruce Pennington)
        Reprint (DAW 1972 as The Book of Brian Aldiss) SF collection.


    Common Clay: 20-Odd Stories by Brian Aldiss (St. Martin’s, March 1996, 0-312-13948-9, $24.95, 334pp, hc, co, cover by Gary Embury)
        Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995 as The Secret of This Book) collection of 23 stories, with linking material, and illustrations by Aldiss and Rosamond Chorley.








    Cracken at Critical by Brian W. Aldiss (Kerosina, August 1987, 0-948893-11-7, £12.50, 192pp, hc, n., cover by SMS)
        Reprint (Franklin Watts 1987 as The Year Before Yesterday) sf fixup novel. The book has been revised for this edition.


    Cracken at Critical by Brian W. Aldiss (Kerosina Books, August 1987, 0-948893-10-9, £35.00, 192pp, hc, n., cover by SMS)
        Reprint (Franklin Watts 1987 as The Year Before Yesterday) sf fixup novel. This edition is limited to 250 signed copies, boxed with the hardcover edition of The Magic of the Past.


    The Cretan Teat by Brian Aldiss (House of Stratus, May 2002, 0-7551-1147-8, £9.99, 206pp, hc, n., cover by Konstantina Koulieri & Derek Edwards)
        Humorous mainstream novel of authorship and authenticity, a fake icon, and all-too-real life. Includes an Afterword by Aldiss on the book’s delay. Note that a paperback edition was distributed as a “proof copy” with the same ISBN and a price of £9.99.


    Cryptozoic! by Brian W. Aldiss (Doubleday, 1968, $4.50, 240pp, hc, n., cover by Ron Walotsky)
        Reprint (Faber and Faber 1967 as An Age) SF novel.






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