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17,5x25,3 cm. Illustr. OKart. 1. Aufl. 48 S. mit ca. 37, tlw. farb. Abb. auf Tafeln. Reminiscing with Bill Dunlap. -Der Einband etwas angestaubt, der vordere Einbanddeckel seitlich mit einer kurzen Knickspur. -Ein gutes Exemplar! **Achtung! wegen neuer US-Zollbestimmungen bis auf Widerruf kein Warenversand in die Vereinigten Sataaten von Amerika (USA)** Anm. zur Rechnungstellung: Die Buchpreise beinhalten die reduzierte MwSt von 7 %, diese wird gesondert ausgewiesen // Rechnungen für Kunstgegenstände wie Grafiken, Gemälde weisen gem. § 25a Abs.3 Satz 1 UStG (Differenzbesteuerung) bzw. § 25a Abs.3 Satz 2 UStG (Margenbesteuerung) keine MwSt aus (brutto = netto). Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 220.

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Brian Wilson Aldiss (1925-2017), born in Norfolk, England, was not only a prolific writer of science fiction short stories and novels, but also anthologized science fiction and studied the history of the genre as well. Much of the background material in his works stemmed from his military service from 1943 through World War II in the Royal Corps of Signals in India, Burma, and Sumatra. Aldiss was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004. He was for many years happily married to Margaret Aldiss, an editor and bibliographer who produced three bibliographies of Aldiss's works. This archive is unique in that it represents a consistent and intensely personal correspondence over two years between close friends. The letters, eloquently written more often than not, reveal a wealth of details about Aldiss's personality, emphasizing his worldliness, his productivity, the way he feels about the act of writing, the love he has for his family, and the way he views such things as life, death, and his own age progression. Included in the archive are the following: Xerox copy on a sheet of paper [8 ½" by 11"] reproducing two articles published by The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News (Sunday, March 3, 1985) regarding the speaking appearance of Brian Aldiss in Patrick Eddington's home town, Salt Lake City, Utah. TLS. Letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼" by 11 ½"], dated 28.x.89, on Aldiss's letterhead with the Boars Hill, Oxford address. The author begins by describing an imaginary planet that his friend the late astronomer Peter Cattermole has designed for him. Aldiss writes, "Reading his notes, gazing at his map, I feel like Keats On [sic] First Looking Into [sic] Chapman's Homer. So I'm slowly getting my stuff together to write a novel about this planet. This'll be a short one; I'm now too old and lazy to undertake another bloody great 3-volume operation." Signed by Aldiss at the close. Typed letter, most likely written by Margaret Aldiss, typed on both sides of a sheet of paper [8 ¼" x 10"]. Dated the 5th of November (year not given). This letter was written at the time that their children were in their teen-age years. In this bit of correspondence, Margaret mentions how busy Brian is with his writing career. She writes, "I am kept busy with my word processor, putting all Brian's stories through it, and looking after this house." TLS. Typed on 2 sheets of paper [8 ¼" x 11 ¾"], dated 21.xi.92, on letterhead with the author's Boars Hill, Oxford address. In this long letter to Patrick, Aldiss writes quite a bit about his own writing, bringing up his recently published book, "Home Life with Cats," a copy of which he has enclosed for Pat. He also writes that it has been an indifferent publishing year for him, listing what he has produced, and claiming, " I do turn 'em out." He goes on to mention that his chief preoccupation is with his "slow-growing" novel, "Burnell's Travels." As he states, "BURNELL started as a couple of short stories; then I realized what I had a hold of. I began thinking about the novel last year, when Margaret and I were holidaying in an idyllic spot in France, lost in the green depths of the Perigord. "While we were there, in that pleasant little farmhouse, I finished REMEMBRANCE DAY I then had about two days of real holiday in which to relax. But already thoughts of Burnell were bubbling. Ah, how pleasantly idle was I in the early seventies. Since I've grown old, I have lost the gift of idleness. I can't stop writing- notes, poems, whatever. Partly this is the hope to leave something- a name as well as money- to my darling wife and four dear children. But in the main it's just something of which you know, difficult to articulate, the drive to translate the world, or more modestly one's own 'umwelt,' into words and pictures. Right?" Aldiss has signed at the foot. TLS. Letter typed on a sheet of paper [8 ¼" x 11 ¾"] with the author's letterhead bearing his Oxford address, dated Tuesday, 1st of June (year not specified). This piece of correspondence is special because it contains a detailed original sketch by Aldiss, covering a substantial portion of the page, of the Greek town Monemvasia. This charming sketch highlights the ruinous church, the steep ascent, the location of their hotel, and a "1 mile beautiful walk." His simple sketch truly conveys the feeling of the town. Aldiss writes, "Pat, Monemvasia is wonderful! They dub it 'Gilbraltar of Greece', but the real Gibraltar is a lewd dump, built over the meagre Brit military housing and stuffed with Indian shops; it's a bazaar. Monemvasia is a mystery. It's a hell of a great chunk of rock, connected to the mainland only by a causeway. A natural fortress The place is semi-ruinous; restoration is taking place. Mid-level is a narrow 'road' on which tourists live, choc-a-bloc with tavernas and shoplets selling postcards, honey, pottery, junk, and the inevitable T-shirts. Above, crowning the place, and achieved by a taxing ascent, is the old fortress, once besieged by Turks, Byzants, Franks, and any number of other bastards. The old church is being patched up: otherwise it's acres of rock garden up there, colonized by brilliant or modest plants, euphorbias, herbs A mile below lies the Aegean, breathing indigo. Marvellous place. Only eagles and artists should be allowed there." The letter is signed at the foot by Aldiss. Xerox copy [8 ¼" x 11 ½"] showing a partial view from above of Monemvasia . TLS. Computer-typed letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼" x 11 ½"], dated 17/3/95, on Aldiss's Oxford letterhead. The letter opens with Aldiss thanking Pat for his generous gifts. He then goes on to mention that he will be attending the 16th Conference of the Fantastic, referring to himself as "their Permanent Special Guest." He continues highlighting his busy schedule by stating, "Life is extremely full. In fact it overflows. I'm writing several things, including a shambolic object which could be construed as autobiography or something.

The late Patrick Eddington was a Utah artist and former high school art teacher, who had as a goal the desire to create "The Cat Project," where literary and visual artists from around the world were asked to produce original works about cats, which would be included in a traveling exhibition and book (unfortunately never realized). Doris Lessing [1919-2013], born in what was then Persia (now Iran), spent her childhood years in southern Africa. The author of nearly 50 books, she received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming only the eleventh woman to receive literature's most prestigious award in its 106-year history. Her works are often viewed as in-depth studies of twentieth-century living conditions, behavioral patterns, and historical progressions. Her masterwork is considered to be The Golden Notebook, a postmodern feminist work published in 1962. Interestingly, Lessing, who was a devoted cat lover throughout her life, is also the author of a book which conjures up the subtleties of feline existence, On Cats. With regards to this small archive, it is significant that this rather busy Nobel-Prize winning author would provide Eddington, a high school art instructor and small press printer, with a piece of original prose regarding cats, supplied specifically for him at a relatively low cost. Included in the archive are the following: TLS. Letter [8" x 10"] from Doris Lessing to Patrick Eddington, sent from London, and dated 17th January 1986. A letter in which Lessing discusses her feelings with regards to one of her earlier works, "A Small Personal Voice." Eddington had recommended it to a friend, and Lessing claims, "The trouble is, I wrote some of it a long time ago and I no longer agree with a lot of it. I wonder if she would like to read something more recent? I wrote and read five lectures for C.B.C., under the title of Prisons We Choose to Live Inside. This represents what I think now, not what I used to think in the 'fifties.'" Signed "Yours, Doris L." at the foot. ALS. Letter on a sheet of paper [7" x 9"] written by Doris Lessing to Patrick Eddington. Not dated. In the brief letter, Lessing thanks Eddington for the book by Barbara Kingsolver, and writes, "I am glad u [sic] like Brian Aldiss. He is one of my favorite people." She closes the letter assuring Patrick that if she writes something suitable regarding the subject of cats, she will remember him. TLS. Brief letter [8 ¼" x 11 ¼"] from Doris Lessing, sent from London and dated January 6, 2000, addressed to Patrick. Lessing opens with, "OK I've done a short piece. It is not a question of being paid, but of time- am as usual in the middle of something. I don't need a thousand dollars Perhaps 500? I don't need a Navajo rug." Signed by Lessing. Typed letter [8 ¼" by 7 ¾"] from Lessing's literary agent, Jonathan Clowes, to Patrick Eddington, dated 10 January, 2000, written in reference to the piece written by Doris Lessing titled "About Cats." Clowes writes, "We are happy for you to use this piece for the sum of $500, and perhaps you could let us have further details of your publication so that we can send you a permission contract for non-exclusive rights in the work. In particular please let us know which territories the book will be published in and how many copies will be printed." Signed by the literary agent at the foot. Typed manuscript signed [8 ¼" x 11 ½"]. "About Cats" by Doris Lessing. The original piece that Lessing sent to Patrick Eddington, titled "About Cats," containing periodic manuscript corrections made by the author. Cat lovers will immediately recognize this as a keenly insightful, succinct piece regarding the precious feline's nature. Within the work, the author muses, "People who do not observe their cats, but only rely on 'received' wisdom, miss out. A cat gives back what you put into it, returning affection and attention, but withdrawing in dignified silence if ignored. No creature is more sensitive to slights and taunts and even teasing. Too much, and they will take themselves off in search of a more sympathetic home. And yet one may not generalize: people who have had more than one child know that every baby is born different, and similarly, in a litter of kittens each one will be an individual. Like humans they are coarsegrained and sensitive, stupid and clever, clinging and standoffish. They may be talkative and silent, show-offs and modest introverts.".