The Garments of Caean
In Caean, clothes weren't just for wearing – they were a whole philosophy of life. In the Ziode Cluster, though, things were different – Caeanic clothes were forbidden, their powers unrecognised, their scope unfulfilled.
But when Peter Forbarth looted a wrecked Caeanic freighter and found the ultimate garment – the legendary Frachonard suit – he'd discovered something of unimaginable potential.
For clothes didn't just make a man– they were the man! And Peder's new suit took him over, changed his character and set him off on a wild and spectacular odyssey across the galaxy.
But what had it done to the man inside?
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Barrington J. Bayley
Barrington J. Bayley (1937–2008) was a British science fiction writer. He was born in Birmingham and educated in Shropshire. He died of complications from bowel cancer on October 14, 2008.
Bayley worked a number of jobs before joining the Royal Air Force in 1955. His first published story, "Combat's End", had seen print the year before in Vargo Statten Magazine.
In the 1960s, Bayley's short stories featured regularly in New Worlds magazine and then later in various New Worlds paperback anthologies, becoming friends with New Worlds editor Michael Moorcock and joining science fiction's New Wave movement. His first book, Star Virus, was followed by more than a dozen other novels; his downbeat, gloomy approach to novel writing has been cited as influential on the likes of M. John Harrison, Brian Stableford and Bruce Sterling.
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