Brian W Aldiss
Born 8 August 1925 in Norfolk
Died 19 August 2017 in Oxford
(aged 92)
Biography
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE was an English writer and anthology-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 [UK]. 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 "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" (1969), the basis for the Stanley Kubrick -developed Steven Spielberg film AI Artificial Intelligence (2001). Aldiss was associated with the British New Wave of science fiction.
Bibliography
Titles in a series
- 01: Equator (1959) Novella
- 02: The Year Before Yesterday (1987) Novel
Titles other than in a series
- Equator And Segregation published in 1973 by New English Library (Collection)
- Hothouse published in 1977 by Sphere Books (Novel)
- Segregation published in 1958 (Novelette)
- Supertoys Last All Summer Long published in Year (Titles)