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    Bow Down to Nul by Brian W. Aldiss (Ace Double, June 1960, D-443, 35¢, 145pp, pb, n., cover by Ed Emshwiller)
        Sf novel, bound back-to-back with The Dark Destroyers by Manly Wade Wellman.




    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, qf)
        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.






    Dracula Unbound by Brian W. Aldiss (HarperCollins, March 1991, 0-06-016593-6, $18.95, 196pp, hc, n., cover by Christopher Zacharow) [Joe Bodenland]
        Sf novel in which Joe Bodenland, hero of Frankenstein Unbound, joins forces with Bram Stoker to defeat a race of time-travelling vampires, led by Lord Dracula.



    The Eighty-Minute Hour: A Space Opera by Brian W. Aldiss (Doubleday, January 1974, 0-385-08430-7, $5.95, 226pp, hc, n., cover by Roger Zimmerman)
        SF novel.


    Enemies of the System: A Tale of Homo Uniformis by Brian W. Aldiss (Jonathan Cape, May 1978, 0-224-01583-4, £3.50, 119pp, hc, n., cover by Arzhang Huma)
        Short sf novel.



    Excommunication by Brian W. Aldiss (Post Card Partnership, 1975, 1pp, ph, vi)
        Vignette printed on a postcard.




    Finches of Mars by Brian Aldiss (The Friday Project, June 6, 2013, 978-0-00-747892-7, £14.99, 203pp, hc, n.)
        SF novel; a colony on Mars produces only stillborn children.


    Foreign Bodies by Brian Aldiss (Chopmen, September 1981, 9971-68-106-4, S$9.20, 99pp, pb, oc)
        Collection published to commemorate Aldiss’ appearance as Guest Of Honor at the Singapore Book Fair. A hardcover edition (-105-6) was announced but not seen.


    Forgotten Life by Brian W. Aldiss (Gollancz, September 1988, 0-575-04369-5, £11.95, 284pp, hc, n., cover by Lucian Freud)
        Mainstream novel about a man trying to come to terms with his life and that of his recently-deceased brother.






    The Hand-Reared Boy by Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, January 1970, 0-297-17960-8, 30/-, 189pp, hc, n.) [Horatio Stubbs]
        Semi-autobiographical novel chronicling the bawdy (mis)adventures of Horatio Stubbs.


    HARM by Brian Aldiss (Ballantine Del Rey, June 2007, 978-0-345-49671-3, $21.95, 225pp, hc, n., cover by Tifenn Python)
        Near-future SF novel and political allegory. A writer, imprisoned and tortured by the Hostile Activities Research Ministry, seems to be connected with a colonist on a remote planet.


    Helliconia by Brian Aldiss (Voyager, July 22, 1996, 0-00-648223-6, £9.99, xi+361+398+281+xxvipp, tp, om, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Helliconia]
        Omnibus of the three Helliconia novels. This edition adds a new Introduction and 26 pages of appendices on the scientific, physical, and social background to the planet and its peoples. The books are separately paginated.


    Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss (Atheneum, 1982, 0-689-11196-7, $15.95, 361pp, hc, n., cover by Albrecht Altdorfer) [Helliconia]
        SF novel. Simultaneous with the UK (Jonathan Cape) edition. Volume one in the series.


    Helliconia Summer by Brian W. Aldiss (Atheneum, November 1983, 0-689-11388-9, $16.95, x+398pp, hc, n., cover by Gustave Moreau) [Helliconia]
        SF novel. Simultaneous with the UK (Jonathan Cape) edition. Volume two in the series.


    Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss (Atheneum, April 1985, 0-689-11541-5, $17.95, xii+281pp, hc, n.) [Helliconia]
        SF novel. Simultaneous with the UK (Jonathan Cape) edition. Volume three in the series.






    The Interpreter by Brian W. Aldiss (Digit, 1961, R506, 2/6d, 156pp, pb, n., cover by Brian Lewis)
        Reprint (Ace 1960 as Bow Down to Nul) SF novel.



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