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The Canopy Of Time
''The Canopy of Time'' is a science fiction novel by English writer Brian W. Aldiss, first published in 1959 by Faber and Faber. The story is a fix-up of previously published short stories, centering on the forty-million year history of the fictional city of New Union. The book was published in the United States as ''Galaxies Like Grains of Sand''. Short stories * "Three’s a Cloud" - first appeared in'' New Worlds Science Fiction'' #79 (January 1959), as "The Unbeaten Track"Aldiss, Brian W., "The Canopy of Time", New English Library (London), 1971, Pg 6 plus the Internet Science Fiction DataBase @ http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?36755 * "All the World’s Tears" - ''Nebula Science Fiction'' #21 (May 1957) * "Who Can Replace a Man?" - ''Infinite Science Fiction'' (June 1958) * "Blighted Profile" - ''Science Fantasy'' v10, #29 (Jun 1958) * "Judas Danced" - ''Star Science Fiction ''(USA, January 1958) and '' Science Fantasy ''v9, #27 (UK, Feb 1958) * "O, Ishrail!" - ''Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
