Unpositioned Something is wrong
Trillion year spree : the history of science fiction / by Brian W. Aldiss ; with David Wingrove

This study examines the evolution of science fiction, tracing the genre's history from its origins with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to its contemporary status in literature.
Author
ISBN
Publisher
CONNECTIONS

No connections
LOCATION HISTORY

No location history available for this book.
FULL RECORD

Accession Number: 33600
Site: Vernon O Content
Collection: N/A
Location: N/A
Binding Type: Hard Back
Book Images

Hover to see live images
Trillion year spree : the history of science fiction / by Brian W. Aldiss ; with David Wingrove spine
No live
Trillion year spree : the history of science fiction / by Brian W. Aldiss ; with David Wingrove cover
No live
Vernon Fields

View in Vernon Browser
vernon_accession	33600
vernon_id	45978
vernon_slug	trillion-year-spree-the-history-of-science-fiction-by-brian-w-aldiss-with-david-wingrove
vernon_authors	Brian W. Aldiss, David Wingrove
vernon_tags	Literature, Philology, Fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy literature, Speculative fiction
vernon_production_date	1986
vernon_brief_description	This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes
vernon_object_type	Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
vernon_locations	Transit
vernon_ob_status	Accessioned
vernon_isbn_issn	0575039426
vernon_subject_people	—
vernon_subject_objects	—
vernon_subject_classes	—
vernon_last_sync_timestamp	2026-05-10 09:40
vernon_cover_image_id	58092
VERNON RECORD

{
  "slug": "trillion-year-spree-the-history-of-science-fiction-by-brian-w-aldiss-with-david-wingrove",
  "opacObjectId": "45978",
  "opacCollection": {
    "opacCollectionId": "1"
  },
  "imagesCollection": {
    "images": [
      {
        "imageId": "58092",
        "cssColors": [
          {
            "hex": "d2b48c",
            "hue": 34,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 16.5,
            "colorName": "tan",
            "lightness": 69,
            "colorGroup": "brown",
            "saturation": 44,
            "formattedColorName": "tan"
          },
          {
            "hex": "000000",
            "hue": 0,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 65.19,
            "colorName": "black",
            "lightness": 0,
            "colorGroup": "gray",
            "saturation": 0,
            "formattedColorName": "black"
          },
          {
            "hex": "a0522d",
            "hue": 19,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 11.64,
            "colorName": "sienna",
            "lightness": 40,
            "colorGroup": "brown",
            "saturation": 56,
            "formattedColorName": "sienna"
          },
          {
            "hex": "dc143c",
            "hue": 348,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 3.46,
            "colorName": "crimson",
            "lightness": 47,
            "colorGroup": "red",
            "saturation": 83,
            "formattedColorName": "crimson"
          },
          {
            "hex": "4682b4",
            "hue": 207,
            "rank": 5,
            "presence": 1.34,
            "colorName": "steelblue",
            "lightness": 49,
            "colorGroup": "blue",
            "saturation": 44,
            "formattedColorName": "steel blue"
          }
        ],
        "rawColors": [
          {
            "hex": "c0ac8f",
            "hue": 35,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 16.5,
            "lightness": 65,
            "saturation": 27
          },
          {
            "hex": "091214",
            "hue": 190,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 65.19,
            "lightness": 5,
            "saturation": 37
          },
          {
            "hex": "684a3a",
            "hue": 20,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 11.64,
            "lightness": 31,
            "saturation": 28
          },
          {
            "hex": "a91022",
            "hue": 352,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 3.46,
            "lightness": 36,
            "saturation": 82
          },
          {
            "hex": "24719c",
            "hue": 201,
            "rank": 5,
            "presence": 1.34,
            "lightness": 37,
            "saturation": 62
          },
          {
            "hex": "4490ac",
            "hue": 196,
            "rank": 6,
            "presence": 0.61,
            "lightness": 47,
            "saturation": 43
          },
          {
            "hex": "27596c",
            "hue": 196,
            "rank": 7,
            "presence": 1.25,
            "lightness": 28,
            "saturation": 46
          }
        ],
        "imageLabels": [
          {
            "count": 17156,
            "score": 95.8,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Publication",
            "imageLabelId": 23
          },
          {
            "count": 13502,
            "score": 95.58,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Book",
            "imageLabelId": 67
          },
          {
            "count": 11091,
            "score": 92.45,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Book cover",
            "imageLabelId": 90
          },
          {
            "count": 10530,
            "score": 82.83,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Poster",
            "imageLabelId": 21
          },
          {
            "count": 5000,
            "score": 74.55,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Advertising",
            "imageLabelId": 71
          },
          {
            "count": 2353,
            "score": 68.93,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Novel",
            "imageLabelId": 2008
          },
          {
            "count": 3231,
            "score": 66.23,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Fiction",
            "imageLabelId": 91
          },
          {
            "count": 4853,
            "score": 64.64,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Graphic design",
            "imageLabelId": 17
          },
          {
            "count": 158,
            "score": 63.38,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Film",
            "imageLabelId": 2125
          },
          {
            "count": 285,
            "score": 61.55,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Magazine",
            "imageLabelId": 226
          }
        ],
        "imageDerivatives": [
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/41046/d0cea88dc673318f9db968202b0f2090f07a85ea.jpg",
            "width": "525",
            "height": "800",
            "identifier": "LARGE"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/41046/d0cea88dc673318f9db968202b0f2090f07a85ea.jpg",
            "width": "262",
            "height": "400",
            "identifier": "MEDIUM"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/41046/d0cea88dc673318f9db968202b0f2090f07a85ea.jpg",
            "width": "23",
            "height": "35",
            "identifier": "NANO"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/41046/d0cea88dc673318f9db968202b0f2090f07a85ea.jpg",
            "width": "98",
            "height": "150",
            "identifier": "SMALL"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/41046/d0cea88dc673318f9db968202b0f2090f07a85ea.jpg",
            "width": "49",
            "height": "75",
            "identifier": "TINY"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/41046/d0cea88dc673318f9db968202b0f2090f07a85ea.jpg",
            "width": "787",
            "height": "1200",
            "identifier": "XLARGE"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "totalImages": 1
  },
  "objectSearchScore": 1.3104212,
  "opacObjectFieldSets": [
    {
      "identifier": "accession_no",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "33600"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Trillion year spree : the history of science fiction / by Brian W. Aldiss ; with David Wingrove",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "Trillion year spree : the history of science fiction / by Brian W. Aldiss ; with David Wingrove"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "other_name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "artist_last_first",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Aldiss, Brian W."
        },
        {
          "value": "Wingrove, David"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "1986",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "earliest_date",
              "value": "1986-01-01Z"
            },
            {
              "key": "latest_date",
              "value": "1986-12-31Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "edition",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "brief_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "measure_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "credit_line",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "curr_loc_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Transit",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "curr_loc_status:\"Transit\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "ob_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Accessioned"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "lender",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_owner",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_start",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_expiry",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "object_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "object_type:\"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "collection",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Science Fiction Collection/Special Collections/Library",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "collection:\"Science Fiction Collection/Special Collections/Library\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "London/England"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "physical_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "language",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "English"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "isbn_issn",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "0575039426"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_1",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "usual_loc_being",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_class",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Fantasy fiction/Fantasy literature/Literature/Philology",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Fantasy fiction/Fantasy literature/Literature/Philology\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Science fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Science fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Speculative fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Speculative fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_date",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_period",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_9",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "relationshipsCollection": {
    "relationships": [
      {
        "relatedRecords": [
          {
            "slug": "brian-w-aldiss",
            "title": "Brian W. Aldiss",
            "relatedRecordId": "13830"
          },
          {
            "slug": "david-wingrove",
            "title": "David Wingrove",
            "relatedRecordId": "45228"
          }
        ],
        "relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person",
        "relatedRecordType": "person",
        "totalRelatedRecords": 2
      }
    ],
    "totalRelationships": 1
  }
}