{"product_id":"9781851243730","title":"An Exile on Planet Earth: Articles and Reflections","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrian Aldiss is one of the great figures in science fiction. Classics in the genre, his books serve as portals to other worlds, captivating readers with strange and shocking narratives that have been a force for further experimentation within the genre. In addition to a highly successful career as a writer of both fiction and science fiction, Aldiss is also an accomplished artist and literary critic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Exile on Planet Earth\u003c\/i\u003e presents a selection of Aldiss’s essays that look back at the landmark events in his life. Writing with eloquence and raw honesty, Aldiss reveals unexpected connections between his life and literary work. From boarding school and boyhood summers spent alone at the shore comes the lonely boy playing on the beach in \u003ci\u003eWalcot.\u003c\/i\u003e The bitter break-up of Aldiss’s first marriage is revealed to be the inspiration behind the post-apocalyptic \u003ci\u003eGreybeard\u003c\/i\u003e, in which a nuclear accident results in a world without children. Exile is a recurring theme throughout Aldiss’s work, and the essays shed light on the ways in which he identified with this theme and constructed elaborate metaphors informed by it. Also included is Aldiss’s introduction to H. G. Wells’s \u003ci\u003eWar of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e and an imagined conversation with English novelist Thomas Hardy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor the many fans of Aldiss’s weird and wonderful work, \u003ci\u003eAn Exile on Planet Earth\u003c\/i\u003e offers a look at the man behind the books and short stories, including new insights into the events that fueled his creative talent, as well as reflections on his place in the genre and the cultural significance of science fiction as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Library, University of Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038290034928,"sku":"9781851243730","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781851243730_p0.jpg?v=1763596413","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781851243730","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}