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by Brian Aldiss.
"And the man in the sharp suit said, 'People want to be cheered up. They want to hear about real things.'
"'One or the other you can have. Not both. See, my stories are about human woes, non-communication, disappointment, endurance, acceptance, love. Aren't those things real enough? Nobody's fool enough to imagine that any near-future developments will obliterate them. Change there will be... But the new old blues sing on forever...'"
Cover art by Vincent Di Fate. Triad/Panther Books/Granada Publishing, London, 1985 reprint.
Last orders
by Brian Aldiss.
"And the man in the sharp suit said, 'People want to be cheered up. They want to hear about real things.'
"'One or the other you can have. Not both. See, my stories are about human woes, non-communication, disappointment, endurance, acceptance, love. Aren't those things real enough? Nobody's fool enough to imagine that any near-future developments will obliterate them. Change there will be... But the new old blues sing on forever...'"
Cover art by Vincent Di Fate. Triad/Panther Books/Granada Publishing, London, 1985 reprint.