Stars Of Albion

Stars of Albion is an attempt to compile stories that show how british writers are at ease in all facets of their idiom, from Ian Watson's startling recapitulation of nineteenth-century prose in To the Pump Room with Jane to the jaunty style of Bob Shaw's The Giaconda Caper, an account of the discovery of certain disgraceful occurrences in Leonardo da Vinci's studio.Contents: - Introduction by Robert Holdstock- Sober noises of morning in a marginal land (1971) by Brian W. Aldiss- A place and a time to die (1969) by J.G. Ballard- The Giaconda Caper (1976) by Bob Shaw- The Vitanuls (1967) by John Brunner- Whores (1978) by Christopher Priest- Warlord of Earth (1978) by David S. Garnett- The time beyond age: A journey (1976) by Robert Holdstock- Dormant soul (1969) by Josephine Saxton- The radius riders (1962) by Barrington J. Bayley (as by P.F. Woods)- Traveller's Rest (1965) by David I. Masson- To the Pump Room with Jane (1975) by Ian Watson- Weihnachtsabend (1972) by Keith Roberts- Afterword by Christopher PriestCover illustration by Bob Norrington