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1 gen 1973 · Controversial and brilliant, Report on Probability A is a claustrophobic and terrifying novel that examines the politics of surveillance and ownership. The Brian Aldiss collection includes over 50 books and spans the author's entire career, from his debut in 1955 to his more recent work. Mr and Mrs Mary live a normal life in every way, except one.
- Brian Aldiss
Report on Probability A. Aldiss, Brian W. Published by Avon Books A division of The Hearst Corporation, New York (1980) ISBN 10: 0380524988 ISBN 13: 9780380524983. Used Mass Market Paperback First Edition Quantity: 1. Seller:
Each observer must file a report with his superiors in another continuum, pausing in his surveillance only long enough to eat identical meals alone at the deserted café across the street. But the watchers are themselves being observed by others who are, in turn, being watched across vast and infinite dimensional planes in an attempt to unravel the mysteries of the world known as Probability A.
'Report on Probability A' explores surveillance, boredom and fear. This remains one of Aldiss's most controversial novels, and one of his own favourites. Three observers, from cramped and disadvantaged positions watch, via naked eye, telescope and periscope, the activities around a house from which they were expelled.
Report on Probability A. Publisher’s Blurb. “One afternoon in early January, the weather showed a lack of character. There was no frost nor wind: the trees in the garden did not stir.”. Within the house moved a woman, the strangely fascinating Mrs. Mary: without, a black and white cat stalked the pigeon known as X.
This brilliant, experimental work by Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss is a perplexing and devastatingly haunting masterwork of speculative fiction, considered by many to be the greatest work in the long, prolific career of a true giant of the genre. Thought-provoking, confounding, and stylistically brilliant, Report on Probability A will burn its ...
19 mag 2015 · Report on Probability A is one of the most tedious and pedantic books I have ever read, but that in itself makes it extremely amusing in places. The book is a report on a bizarre situation in a house which once employed a chauffeur, gardener and secretary, all of whom no longer work there but are still camped out on the grounds - exactly why never becomes clear.
- Brian W. Aldiss
