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Report on Probability A by Brian Aldiss

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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A long time ago, some prehistoric innovator made up the first story. Then along came the clever inventor of the meta-narrative, who gave us the "story within a story." But it took Brian Aldiss to come up with a story within a story within a story within a story within a story.

On just such a precarious concept was born Mr. Aldiss's Report on Probability …

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