Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE (1925-2017) was an English writer and anthologies editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s.
Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss was a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. He was (with Harry Harrison) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. Aldiss was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2000 and inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004. He received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He wrote the short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" (1969), the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). Aldiss was associated with the British New Wave of science fiction.
Aldiss is the author of science fiction classics including Hothouse, Non-Stop, Greybeard and Helliconia trilogy (Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer and Helliconia Winter).
Speculative Fiction Novels (53)
The Complete Short Stories: Volume Four: The 1960s - Part Three (The Complete Short Stories #4 / 4) 2015 | science fiction, short stories |
The Complete Short Stories: Volume Three: The 1960s - Part Two (The Complete Short Stories #3 / 4) 2015 | science fiction, short stories |
The Complete Short Stories: Volume Two: The 1960s - Part One (The Complete Short Stories #2 / 4) 2015 | science fiction, short stories |
The Complete Short Stories: Volume One: The 1950s (The Complete Short Stories #1 / 4) 2014 | science fiction, short stories |
Finches of Mars 2013 | science fiction |
HARM 2007 | science fiction |
Jocasta 2006 | fantasy |
Sanity and the Lady 2005 | science fiction |
Cultural Breaks 2005 | science fiction, short stories |
Super-State 2002 | science fiction |
Super-Toys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time 2001 | science fiction, short stories |
White Mars 1999 | science fiction |
The Secret of This Book 1995 | science fiction, short stories |
A Tupolev Too Far and Other Stories 1993 | science fiction, short stories |
Dracula Unbound 1991 | science fiction |
A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories 1989 | fantasy, short stories |
Cracken at Critical 1987 | science fiction |
The Magic of the Past 1987 | science fiction, short stories |
Helliconia Winter (The Helliconia Trilogy #3 / 3) 1985 | science fiction |
Seasons in Flight 1984 | science fiction, short stories |
Helliconia Summer (The Helliconia Trilogy #2 / 3) 1983 | science fiction |
Helliconia Spring (The Helliconia Trilogy #1 / 3) 1982 | science fiction |
Foreign Bodies 1981 | science fiction, short stories |
Moreau's Other Island 1980 | science fiction |
New Arrivals, Old Encounters 1979 | science fiction, short stories |
Enemies of the System 1978 | science fiction |
Brothers of the Head 1977 | science fiction |
Last Orders 1977 | science fiction, short stories |
The Malacia Tapestry 1976 | fantasy |
The Eighty-Minute Hour 1974 | science fiction |
Frankenstein Unbound 1973 | science fiction |
The Book of Brian Aldiss 1972 | science fiction, short stories |
The Moment of Eclipse 1971 | science fiction, short stories |
Intangibles Inc. and Other Stories 1969 | science fiction, short stories |
Barefoot in the Head 1969 | science fiction |
Neanderthal Planet 1969 | science fiction, short stories |
Report on Probability A 1968 | science fiction |
An Age 1967 | science fiction |
The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths 1966 | science fiction, short stories |
Earthworks 1965 | science fiction |
Best SF Stories of Brian Aldiss 1965 | science fiction |
Greybeard 1964 | science fiction |
The Dark Light Years 1964 | science fiction |
The Airs of Earth 1964 | science fiction |
Hothouse 1962 | science fiction |
The Primal Urge 1961 | science fiction |
Bow Down to Nul 1960 | science fiction |
Vanguard from Alpha 1959 | science fiction |
The Canopy of Time 1959 | science fiction, short stories |
No Time Like Tomorrow 1959 | science fiction, short stories |
Equator 1958 | science fiction |
Non-Stop 1958 | science fiction |
Space, Time and Nathaniel 1957 | science fiction, short stories |
Others non-spefi books (2)
The Invention of Happiness 2013 | short stories |
Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction 1988 | non-fiction |