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Galaxies Like Grains of Sand

By Brian Aldiss
Series: S.F. Masterworks
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'Devilishly clever and compulsive' Daily Mail 'Science Fiction at its best' Spectator In Galaxies Like Grains of Sand, Brian W. Aldiss tells the tale of mankind's future over the course of forty million years. Each of these nine connected short stories highlights a different millennia in... Read More
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A superb collection of nine stories from the Grand Master of Science Fiction charting the course of humanity from the near future onward through millennia.
'Science Fiction at its best' Spectator

With a new introduction by Adam Roberts

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'Devilishly clever and compulsive' Daily Mail 'Science Fiction at its best' Spectator In Galaxies Like Grains of Sand, Brian W. Aldiss tells the tale of mankind's future over the course of forty million years. Each of these nine connected short stories highlights a different millennia in which man has adapted to new environments and hardships. It is one of the most powerful and ambitious forays into the far future since Olaf Stapledon's classic Last and First Men. 'One cannot help being struck by the variety of concepts, the mastery of style, the sureness of the dialogue, the depth of characterization, the fertility of ideas, and the urbanity of the wit ... here is a major talent at work' Science Fiction Writers

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399635417

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gateway

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Brian Wilson Aldiss was born in 1925. He was a highly decorated science fiction author who achieved the rare feat of acceptance as a writer of real significance by the literary establishment in his lifetime. As well as his many award-winning novels he has been a hugely important anthologist and editor in the field. He also wrote the pre-eminent history of the genre (with David Wingrove), Trillion Year Spree. He died in 2017 the day after his 92nd birthday.

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