Twelve kinds of taste
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Life on other planets, Fiction, T.p. verso, A Berkley book""
From the back cover: Imagine a world in a system of twin stars, where Winter is 600 ice-locked years and every Spring is the first remembered. Imagine a People finding ruined cities beneath the melting snows. Never dreaming they had built them. And would again...
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Epic, richly built, contemplative and plot-driven.
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On Open Library, 12 have read it and 16 want to.
“The sky was black, and men bearing torches came from the south gate.”
**Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for his science-fiction novels and short stories. His byline typically reads Brian W. Aldiss or Brian Aldiss, with occasional pseudonyms in the mid-1960s. His work in the genre includes novels such as The Malacia Tapestry and Finches of Mars, which reflect his sustained engagement with speculative themes.**
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