Supertoys Last All Summer Long: And Other Stories of Future Time

Supertoys Last All Summer Long: And Other Stories of Future Time

by Brian W . Aldiss (Author)

Synopsis

The title story, Supertoys Last All Summer Long, soon to be a major film directed by Steven Spielberg, tells of a young boy who, whatever he does, cannot please his mother. He is puzzled by this, not realising that he is an android, a cunning construct of artificial intelligence - as is his one ally, his teddy bear. It was a story that hugely affected Stanley Kubrick (director of 2001) and Steven Spielberg (who perhaps saw in his forthcoming movie AI (Artificial Intelligence) a complement to his ET!). The other stories in the collection, whether SF, utopian fantasy or dark fable show a master writer at the peak of his considerable powers.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 04 Jan 2001

ISBN 10: 1841490431
ISBN 13: 9781841490434
Book Overview: * On-going PR activity to inlude attendance at literary festivals to coincide with film release in August 2001 * Review and feature coverage in the specialist press to include SFX, STARBURST and INTERZONE * To be featured on the Orbit web-site @ www.orbitbooks.co.uk * To be included in the Orbit electronic newsletter

Media Reviews
Brian Aldiss is one of the most influential and one of the best SF writers Britain has ever produced Iain Banks
Author Bio
Brian Aldiss was born in and exiled from East Dereham in Norfolk in 1925 and is one of the doyens of science fiction both as a writer and critic.