num_pages: 511
description: Britain's most illustrious SF writer, Brian Aldiss, provides a witty and perceptive history of this extraordinary phenomenon, set in its social and literary context. Crammed with fascinating insights, this generous spree takes us through decades of treats for the imagination: escape to other dimensions, flights to other planets, lost worlds, utopias, mechanical creatures and intelligent aliens. Amusing, intelligent and authoritative, it takes us on a tour through that zone where literature and science engage in an eternal flirtation. Examining the great writers SF has produced, and the images that have become the cultural wallpaper of the present day, this comprehensive expedition is for buffs and tenderfoots alike.
language: English
title: Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction
titlecomplete: Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction
genres: Literature, Books About Books, Science Fiction, Criticism, Reference, Theory, Science Fiction Fantasy, Own, Fiction, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 396
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Non-Fiction Book, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Non-Fiction
publisher: Atheneum