Greybeard - Brian W. Aldiss

Greybeard. Author - Brian W Aldiss. I had seen this book around for a while but had never gotten round to reading it. I wondered how to write this review without spoiling it for others so I decided to put my dislikes first, then to go on to the story itself. The book starts off well enough but the flash backs to earlier days are distracting and can go on for 20 or more pages. At the 2nd flashback I skipped through 30 pages and thought about reading something else. So if you don't mind a book half set in the future and half in the past then you just might enjoy this book. The world has tested atomic weapons in space ...