The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths

- Authors
- Aldiss, Brian W.
- Publisher
- Ultramarine Publishing Company
- Tags
- science fiction
- ISBN
- 9780893661472
- Date
- 1966-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.10 MB
- Lang
- en
Brian Aldiss marked the centenary year of H G Wells' birth with this ingenious novella combining comedy, terror and, intriguingly, late nineteenth-century period charm. In a sleepy East Anglian town we meet Bruce Fox and Gregory Rolles - two young men who have sworn to Think Large in order to distinguish themselves from the masses of Cottersall. When a meteor lands in the pond of a local farm, Gregory seeks the advice of Mr Wells. Nine short stories complete the collection, including the highly autobiographical 'Girl and Robot With Flowers', which was taken up as a seminal story demarcating the new SF from the old.