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Barefoot in the Head
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- Author
- Brian Aldiss
- Narrator
- Peter Wicks
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 19 February 2026
- Run Time
- 10 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'An extremely urgent criticism of the present' Daily Telegraph
The earth is recovering from the Acid Head War, in which hallucinogenic chemicals were the primary weapon. Many humans are now suffering from delusions and are unable to tell the real from the imaginary.
When a man named Colin Charteris tries to make sense of the drugged-out world, he is taken as the new messiah. As he descends into paranoid visions, he begins to believe this himself.
Critics Review
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Mirrors fantastically the violence and destruction of our times ... an extraordinary book ... a dark, sombre, sustained vision ... dense and powerful
The Listener
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The most ambitious psychedelic sci-fi novel of the era
Conceptual Fiction
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Extraordinarily inventive
Oxford Mail
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The kind of breakthrough which crushes criticism with admiration
Western Mail
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An extremely urgent criticism of life in the present
Daily Telegraph
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An extraordinary tour-de-force
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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Details
- Author
- Brian Aldiss
- Narrator
- Peter Wicks
- Duration
- 10 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9781399635394
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Science fiction, Dystopian and utopian fiction
Synopsis
'An extraordinary book' The Listener'An extremely urgent criticism of the present' Daily TelegraphThe earth is recovering from the Acid Head War, in which hallucinogenic chemicals were the primary weapon. Many humans are now suffering from delusions and are unable to tell the real from the imaginary. When a man named Colin Charteris tries to make sense of the drugged-out world, he is taken as the new messiah. As he descends into paranoid visions, he begins to believe this himself.
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