This collection gathers together, for the very first time, Brian Aldiss’ complete catalogue of short stories from the 1960s, in four parts.

Part four of four.

Taken from diverse and often rare sources, the works in this collection chart the blossoming career of one of Britain's most beloved authors.

From the first robot to commit suicide to the tale of a little boy who finds more companionship from his robot Teddy than from his parents - a story which was the literary basis for the first act of Steven Spielberg's blockbuster feature film A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. This book proves once again that Aldiss' gifted prose and unparalleled imagination never fail to challenge and delight.

The four books of the 1960s short story collection are must-have volumes for all Aldiss fans, and an excellent introduction to the work of a true master.

A Difficult Age
A Taste for Dostoevsky
Auto-Ancestral Fracture
Confluence
The Dead Immortal
Down the Up Escalation
Full Sun
Just Passing Through
Multi-Value Motorway
The Night that All Time Broke Out
Randy’s Syndrome
Still Trajectories
Two Modern Myths (Reflection on Mars and Ultimate Construction)
Wonder Weapon
…And the Stagnation of the Heart
Drake-Man Route
Dreamer, Schemer
Dream of Distance
Send her Victorious
The Serpent of Kundalini
The Tell-Tale Heart-Machine
Total Environment
The Village Swindler
When I Was Very Jung
The Worm that Flies
The Firmament Theorem
Greeks Bringing Knee-High Gifts
The Humming Heads
The Moment of Eclipse
Ouspenski’s Astrabahn
Since the Assassination
So Far From Prague
The Soft Predicament
Supertoys Last All Summer Long
That Uncomfortable Pause Between Life and Art…
Working in the Spaceship Yards