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BRIAN ALDISS
The Malacia Tapestry
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This ebook edition first published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2015
First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1976
Portions of this novel appeared in a different form in Orbit 12, copyright © Damon Knight 1973
Copyright © Brian Aldiss 2015
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Source ISBN: 9780007482368
Ebook Edition © October 2015 ISBN: 9780007482375
Version: 2015-08-28
For Margaret
time under prisms
dawn and pollen clouds afloat
presaging changes
you are the glimpsed light
in my smokey existence
frail but enduring
You sing of the old gods easily
In the days when you are young,
When love and trust seem not at odds;
But I know there are gods behind the gods,
Gods that are best unsung.
K. G. St Chentero
(XVI Mil.)
Contents
Mountebanks in an Urban Landscape
Woman With Mandoline in Sunlight
Castle Interior With Penitents
