Publication: Last Orders

Publication: Last OrdersPublication Record # 257297
Author: Brian Aldiss
Date: 1990-08-00
ISBN: 0-88184-617-1 [978-0-88184-617-1]
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Pub. Series: Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf)
Price:
$3.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 223
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: Last Orders by John Harris (variant of Hegira 1987)
Webpages: brianaldiss.co.uk
Notes:
- "First Carroll & Graf paperback edition 1990"
- Month from Locus1
- Printing not stated, no number line.
- Price in Canada $4.95
- Each one of the five "Enigmas" consists of three stories or story fragments, but only the "Enigmas" are listed in the table of contents.
- "Author's Note" is signed "B. W. A."
- Cover art neither credited nor signed. Has the same illustration as the 1987 VGSF edition of Hegira, there credited to John Harris.
- In May 1982, author told PV4 (during a visit to his home in Oxford, England) that he refused to allow U.S. publication when the publisher wanted to change the contents of the book. That delayed the U.S. edition for over a decade.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 22136025

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Collection Title: Last Orders • (1989) • collection by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of Last Orders and Other Stories 1977) [as by Brian Aldiss]

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Author's Note (Last Orders) • (1977) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
11 • Last Orders • (1976) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
24 • Creatures of Apogee • (1977) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
28 • Within the Black Circle • [Three Deadly Enigmas: V: Year by Year the Evil Gains • 1] • (1975) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
32 • Killing Off the Big Animals • [Three Deadly Enigmas: V: Year by Year the Evil Gains • 2] • (1975) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
39 • What Are You Doing? Why Are You Doing It? • [Three Deadly Enigmas: V: Year by Year the Evil Gains • 3] • (1975) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
47 • Enigma 2: Diagrams For Three Stories • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of Enigma 2: Diagrams for Three Stories) [as by Brian Aldiss]
48 • The Girl in the Tau-Dream • [Diagrams For Three (Enigmatic) Stories • 1] • (1974) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
54 • The Immobility Crew • [Diagrams For Three (Enigmatic) Stories • 2] • (1974) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
61 • A Cultural Side-Effect • [Diagrams For Three (Enigmatic) Stories • 3] • (1974) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
71 • Live? Our Computers Will Do That for Us • (1974) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
90 • The Monster of Ingratitude IV • (1974) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of The Monsters of Ingratitude IV) [as by Brian Aldiss]
98 • Waiting for the Universe to Begin • [The Aperture Moment • 1] • (1977) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
110 • But Without Orifices • [The Aperture Moment • 2] • (1977) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
119 • Aimez-Vous Holman Hunt? • [The Aperture Moment • 3] • (1977) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
128 • Backwater • (1977) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
140 • The Eternal Theme of Exile • [Three Enigmas II: The Eternal Theme Of Exile • 1] • (1973) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
142 • All Those Enduring Old Charms • [Three Enigmas II: The Eternal Theme Of Exile • 2] • (1973) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
145 • Nobody Spoke Or Waved Goodbye • [Three Enigmas II: The Eternal Theme Of Exile • 3] • (1973) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of Nobody Spoke or Waved Goodbye) [as by Brian Aldiss]
148 • The Expensive Delicate Ship • (1973) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
154 • Carefully Observed Women • [Three Enigmas IV: Three Coins in [Enigmatic|Clockwork] Fountain • 1] • (1975) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
158 • The Daffodil Returns the Smile • [Three Enigmas IV: Three Coins in [Enigmatic|Clockwork] Fountain • 2] • (1975) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
165 • The Year of the Quiet Computer • [Three Enigmas IV: Three Coins in [Enigmatic|Clockwork] Fountain • 3] • (1975) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
167 • An Appearance of Life • (1976) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of Appearance of Life) [as by Brian Aldiss]
185 • Wired for Sound • (1974) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
192 • Journey to the Heartland • (1976) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]

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Publication: Last Orders

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