The Canopy of Time

The Canopy of Time
Author Brian Aldiss
Cover artist John Griffiths
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre science-fiction novel
Published 1959 (Faber and Faber)
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 222 (Hardback edition)
OCLC 1933121

The Canopy of Time is a science fiction novel by English writer Brian W. Aldiss, first published in 1959 by Faber and Faber. The story is a fix-up of previously published short stories, centering on the forty-million year history of the fictional city of New Union. The book was published in the United States as Galaxies Like Grains of Sand.

Short stories

Plot

Aldiss describes historical time as “a treacherous mirror, reflecting only our limited truths.” The mirror reflecting the forty-million year history of the City of New Union has been shattered and the book presents only a handful of its shards. A brief introduction ties each story to the previous one:

Publication history

As The Canopy of Time

As Galaxies Like Grains of Sand

References

Sources

Listings

The book is listed at

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