Aldiss, Brian W[ilson]. HOTHOUSE. London: Faber and Faber, [1962]. Cloth. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Signed by Aldiss. Issued earlier in the U.S. in a shorter version as The Long Afternoon of Earth (1962). Novelization of five Hothouse stories that won the 1962 Hugo award for best short fiction published in 1961. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-3. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 34. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket.

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