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A “brilliant . . . classic of the field” generation ship adventure from the Golden Age of Science Fiction by the author of the Helliconia Trilogy (Encyclopedia of Science Fiction).
Non-Stop is Grand Master of Science Fiction and Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Brian W. Aldiss’s debut novel. Written in response to Robert Heinlein’s Orphans of the Sky and published in the late 1950s, it is set in a primitive world, home to tribes of inhabitants who endure their harsh and stunted lives in a maze of corridors. Though legends exist that they’re actually on a ship traveling through the universe, no one really believes it. But that conviction doesn’t stop a group of people from embarking on a mission to find the rumored “Forwards” section and its control room. Through a tangled, hydroponic jungle, they’ll encounter telepathic animals, giants, outcasts, and mutants in an epic race to uncover the truth—and survive . . .
“A breakneck ride filled with some truly disturbing and chaotic imagery . . . Aldiss’ world is visceral and powerful.” —Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
“Worth reading, and quite a significant contribution to the long SF history of generation ship novels.” —SF Site
Praise for Brian W. Aldiss
“A major figure in world SF . . . Whatever else Aldiss may be, predictable he is not.” —The Guardian
“One of the most influential—and one of the best—SF writers Britain has ever produced.” —Iain M. Banks, award-winning author of the Culture series
“One of the most important SF writers of the 20th century.” —Publishers Weekly
Non-Stop is Grand Master of Science Fiction and Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Brian W. Aldiss’s debut novel. Written in response to Robert Heinlein’s Orphans of the Sky and published in the late 1950s, it is set in a primitive world, home to tribes of inhabitants who endure their harsh and stunted lives in a maze of corridors. Though legends exist that they’re actually on a ship traveling through the universe, no one really believes it. But that conviction doesn’t stop a group of people from embarking on a mission to find the rumored “Forwards” section and its control room. Through a tangled, hydroponic jungle, they’ll encounter telepathic animals, giants, outcasts, and mutants in an epic race to uncover the truth—and survive . . .
“A breakneck ride filled with some truly disturbing and chaotic imagery . . . Aldiss’ world is visceral and powerful.” —Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
“Worth reading, and quite a significant contribution to the long SF history of generation ship novels.” —SF Site
Praise for Brian W. Aldiss
“A major figure in world SF . . . Whatever else Aldiss may be, predictable he is not.” —The Guardian
“One of the most influential—and one of the best—SF writers Britain has ever produced.” —Iain M. Banks, award-winning author of the Culture series
“One of the most important SF writers of the 20th century.” —Publishers Weekly
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“Uma ficção científica bem clássica, focada em uma nave-geração. Com certeza bem diferente dos exemplos mais recentes de livros que exploram esse mesmo tema. Consegue juntar bem as ideias de como uma civilização se aclimataria no ambiente claustrofóbico de uma nave especial quando a própria natureza do que ela é vira uma espécie de mitologia, e uma narrativa com ritmo bom, que faz você querer continuar a ler. Alguns aspectos da ciência são claramente ilógicos, mas menos do que eu esperava para um livro dos anos 50. A parte de como a psicanálise se torna uma religião é muito interessante. De modo geral, vale a leitura para quem quer ter contato com a era de ouro do gênero ou só um pouco de diversão descobrindo o que aconteceu nessa jornada (embora os plot twists sejam, talvez, os mais fáceis de prever que já vi, não deixam de ser satisfatórios)”
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About Brian W. Aldiss
Brian W. Aldiss was born in Norfolk, England, in 1925. Over a long and distinguished writing career, he published award‑winning science fiction (two Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award); bestselling popular fiction, including the three‑volume Horatio Stubbs saga and the four‑volume the Squire Quartet; experimental fiction such as Report on Probability A and Barefoot in the Head; and many other iconic and pioneering works, including the Helliconia Trilogy. He edited many successful anthologies and published groundbreaking nonfiction, including a magisterial history of science fiction (Billion Year Spree, later revised and expanded as Trillion Year Spree). Among his many short stories, perhaps the most famous was “Super‑Toys Last All Summer Long,” which was adapted for film by Stanley Kubrick and produced and directed after Kubrick’s death by Steven Spielberg as A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Brian W. Aldiss passed away in 2017 at the age of 92.
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