HARM
 
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From Publishers Weekly
British SF legend Aldiss offers a hard-hitting view of the global war on terror in this cautionary tale of the near future. Paul Fadhil Abbas Ali winds up in custody after a repressive British regime takes a dim view of his novel, which contains a passing reference to the assassination of the prime minister. Tortured unmercifully, Ali finds refuge only in his imagination, conjuring up an alternate universe in which humans have fled Earth and attempted to start anew on the planet Stygia. On Stygia, Ali inhabits the body and mind of Fremant, a bodyguard for that world's dictatorial ruler, Astaroth. Fremant is recruited by rebels seeking his master's overthrow, but he finds himself warped by the brutal landscape and society in which he lives. The parallels to George Orwell's dystopian works are obvious, and while this book is unlikely to resonate as much as Nineteen Eighty-Four, Aldiss deserves credit for continuing his long tradition of using the genre to explore current hot-button political issues.
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Review
Praise for Brian W. Aldiss and HARM

"Admirers of Brian Aldiss know that he tells very good stories. There are two here: one a grim tale for our times, the other the escape fantasy of a man under torture, which has all the relish, the vigor, the inventiveness of science fiction at its best."
-Doris Lessing

"Brian Aldiss has written subtle literary fiction and vivid science fiction and everything in between, his work defined by a moral view, by a highly developed social conscience, and by an anger at the world's cruelty, stupidity, and greed. And what he delivers in HARM is no simple satirical tract but a sophisticated novel which makes you think long and hard on a central problem of our time." 
-Michael Moorcock, author of Behold the Man

"Brian Aldiss is one of the most influential-and one of the best-science fiction writers Britain has ever produced."
-Iain Banks, author of The Wasp Factory

Submitted On:

30 Jan 2008

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Aldiss, Brian W.

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1.31 MB