by Brian W . Aldiss (Author)
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.
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