Brian Aldiss — An Age

London, Faber and Faber, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Brian Aldiss's thrilling novel in which a future society has developed a form of psychological time travel, with the aid of a drug reminiscent of LSD. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Published in the US under the title 'Cryptozoic!', Aldiss presents a science fiction novel set in the year 2093, combining themes of time travel and a totalitarian dystopia.The concept of the novel may have been inspired by prevailing concern about the political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Boards bright, with light spotting to back strip, and bump to back strip head. Dust wrapper back strip and rear wrap head lightly age toned, otherwise bright. A touch of edgewear to back strip and front wrap head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine.