Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction

by Brian W. Aldiss

Book Overview

A history of science fiction. Non-fiction. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385088876
• ISBN13: 9780385088879
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Intelligent Science Fiction History

Aldiss presents an intelligent history of science fiction from Mary Shelly to 1973. Of course, a lot has been written in the genre since, but this book is still a valuable account of its beginnings. Especially interesting is his comparison of two early sf giants, H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs.