360 pages: introduction by David Wingrove. Volume Nine of The Milford Series Popular Writers Today. This copy is from Brian Aldiss's own library, with a white printed label signed by Wendy Aldiss affixed on the rear pastedown, stating/''This book was a personal copy of the author Brian W. Aldiss, part of his effects at his home at the time of his death in August 2017. Wendy Aldiss, Literary Executor Brian Aldiss Estate''. A very uncommon hardcover, most of the print run was paperback.