โ Scribed by Aldiss, Brian W.
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A strange alien species forces us to question our definition of civilization in this biting satire from the Grand Master of Science Fiction.
What would intelligent lifeโforms on another planet look like? Would they walk upright? Would they wear clothes? Or would they be hulking creatures on six legs that wallow in their own excrement? Upon first contact with the Utodโ intelligent, pacifist beings who feel no painโmankind instantly views these aliens as animals because of their unhygienic customs. This leads to the slaughter, capture, and dissection of the Utod. But when one explorer recognizes the intelligence behind their habits, he must reevaluate what it actually means to be โintelligent.โ
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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 โSuper-Toys Last All Summer Long,โ which was adapted for film by Stanley Kubrick and produced and directed after Kubrickโs death by Steven Spielberg as A.I. Artificial Intelligence.ย Brian W. Aldiss passed away in 2017 at the age of 92.
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