''Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction'', commonly referred to as ''Trillion Year Spree,'' is a 1986 book by

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. It is a book-length

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. The book is an expanded version of Aldiss's 1973 ''Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction''. In a review for ''

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called it, "an essential reference and a good read."

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1986 non-fiction books 20th-century history books Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book–winning works Science fiction studies {{sf-book-stub