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A review by jonathanpalfrey
A Science Fiction Omnibus by Brian W. Aldiss
3.0
This is a revised version of [b:The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus|43816103|The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus|Brian W. Aldiss|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549138322l/43816103._SY75_.jpg|68181890]. For this edition, Brian Aldiss chose to delete 15 old stories and add 10 new ones—and I suppose I might have done much the same, given the opportunity, but I'd have made very different choices!
There are now 31 stories in this revised collection, including 5 of my old favourites while deleting 4 of them. Some of the old ones that he chose to keep are ones that I don't particularly value; and I don't enjoy reading any of the new ones as stories, although a few of them are conceptually interesting.
So, this collection subtracts value from the old collection, and adds very little. I bought the Kindle version because I wanted it on Kindle, but now I have to hang on to my battered 1974 copy of the old collection. To add insult to injury, the Kindle version is missing two pages of text from A. E. van Vogt's story "Fulfilment".
However, if you don't have the old collection and can't find a copy of it anywhere, this revised version still contains a handful of decent stories; and maybe you'll like the new ones better than I do. Taste in fiction is very personal.
There are now 31 stories in this revised collection, including 5 of my old favourites while deleting 4 of them. Some of the old ones that he chose to keep are ones that I don't particularly value; and I don't enjoy reading any of the new ones as stories, although a few of them are conceptually interesting.
So, this collection subtracts value from the old collection, and adds very little. I bought the Kindle version because I wanted it on Kindle, but now I have to hang on to my battered 1974 copy of the old collection. To add insult to injury, the Kindle version is missing two pages of text from A. E. van Vogt's story "Fulfilment".
However, if you don't have the old collection and can't find a copy of it anywhere, this revised version still contains a handful of decent stories; and maybe you'll like the new ones better than I do. Taste in fiction is very personal.