Forgotten Life, Brian W. Aldiss
Forgotten Life, Brian W. Aldiss
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Forgotten Life

Author: Brian W. Aldiss

Narrator: Harry Frost

Unabridged: 11 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/07/2025


Synopsis

Second in the acclaimed Squire Quartet—from the author of "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," the basis for the movie A. I.: Artificial Intelligence.

Winner of two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Brian W. Aldiss challenged listeners' minds for over fifty years with literate, thought-provoking, and inventive science fiction.

Analyst Clement Winters is trying to write a biography of his recently deceased older brother, Joseph. Through the writings Joseph left behind—letters, diaries, notes, and confessions—Clement realizes how little he actually knows his brother and how vastly his perception of him differs from reality. As Clement tries to make sense of the life of his deceased sibling, he uncovers "little dark corners" of his family history and even his own life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen on August 09, 2021

I was planning to give this book five stars, and write a longer review, until I got to the last chapter, and then I dropped it to four stars. Clement Winter, a middle-aged psychoanalyst and academic at Oxford University, whose wife Sheila is a successful fantasy novelist, learns of the death of his......more

Goodreads review by Derek on February 07, 2015

Subsequent to the death of his more adventurous brother, Clement examines his own life, which appears to be disintegrating. The vehicles for this include: his job (Oxford don), his brother's writings, marital arguments and psychoanalysis. Unfortunately, Clement is neither very interesting nor very l......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on January 09, 2016

Not the best but far from the worst. Man takes the usual male over long time to grow up (sorry guys).......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on November 14, 2015

Book 2 of the Squire Quartet. Another troubled marriage tale.......more

Goodreads review by Jesus on July 04, 2012

Abandoned after 200 pages. Not bad, but the story was "saying nothing" to me.......more