Intangibles Inc. and Other Stories
Brian Aldiss’ new book consists of five brilliant long-shorts. ‘Neanderthal Planet’ turns on Anderson’s dilemma when he’s captured by the primitive inhabitants of Nehru, a planet about which he’s been writing an SF story. ‘Send Her Victorious’ (or send up Victoria) features a psychiatrist who thinks he’s the Emperor Franz Joseph and a client posing as Freud. The third story is an ingenious variation of the Lysistrata theme, while the title story concerns a small man with spectacles and a long, long face who sold intangibles and bets Arthur that he won’t move the pepper and salt for ever. How about a president with a schizoid son and drug-pushing wife? That, apparently, was just what was needed in the highly unusual circumstances of ‘Since the Assassination’.
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Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE (1925-2017) was an English writer and anthologies editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s.
Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss was a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. He was (with Harry Harrison) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. Aldiss was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2000 and inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004. He received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He wrote the short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" (1969), the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). Aldiss was associated with the British New Wave of science fiction.
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