Biography
Born in East Dereham, Norfolk,(UK) Brian Aldiss is Britian's most prolific science fiction author and considered by many the true heir of H.G. Wells.
His works have long been associated with such iconic magazines as New worlds and New Wave. Aldiss published his first novel in 1958 and won his first Hugo in 1962 for Hothouse, a novel which hearkened back to his World War II experiences in Burma. His novels are associated with the New wave SF movement founded by Micheal Moorcock in the 1960's and with such sub-genres as space opera and far future. He is also known for his Hellonica trilogy, which earned him a Campbell award and numerous nominations.
More importantly he is reknown for his ambition to make SF a literarily acceptable genre. The publication of the short-lived journal Science Fiction Horizons in which he interviewed such literary luminaires as C.S.Lewis and William S. Burroughs and his history of SF, The Billion Year Spree (in which he favored Shelley's Frankenstein as the first SF novel)in addition to his many novels and short stories where he combined SF themes with quality writing are evidence of his constant advocacy of Literary SF.
He has written a number of non-fiction and non-SF genre works and is an active writer to this day having recently published the novel HARM. He still resides in the UK and is vice-president the International H.G.Wells Society.
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Brian Aldiss in Blogs
- silk for caldé: Generation Starship Stories: Brian Aldiss's Non-Stop
Brian Aldiss's Non-Stop (1958), published under the title Starship in the US, brings some imaginative new material to Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky and serves as an important milestone in the development of the generation starship trope ... - Yesterday's Tomorrows: Brian Aldiss « Golden Age Of Science ...
With Brian Aldiss, surely an SF writer of comparable stature, there are so many books to choose from — and, in particular, so many kinds of books to choose from — that there are dozens of different selections of his works that could be ... - Polyhedral Dicebag: A brief discussion of Brian Aldiss' novel ...
These are only a few of the features which will grab your attention in Hothouse by Brian Aldiss. Some of the human characters decide to travel between these satellites by riding the traverser (giant plant – spider. ... - When Good Authors Write Bad Books - A Song of Ice and Fire
-Ilium and Olympos by Dan Simmons -Everything since the Fool Trilogy by Robin Hobb -Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman -Dracula Unbound by Brian Aldiss -Last of The Amazons by Steven Pressfield. Back to top of the page up there ^ ... - Wind From Nowhere: The Cosmoblades
... M. John Harrison, Barrington Bayley, Joanna Russ, Samuel R. Delany, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Brian Aldiss, Christopher Priest, Kurt Vonnegut, Chaucer, William Burroughs, LUCIUS SHEPARD, John Crowley, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Ford, ... - Kindle Store Reviews War of the Worlds (Optimized for Kindle)
-Brian Aldiss's introduction considers the novel's view of religion and society. Editorial Review This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice ... - The Wertzone: Brian Aldiss' HELLICONIA returning to print
On 12 August 2010 Gollancz are reissuing Brian Aldiss' colossal Helliconia Trilogy in one omnibus volume, simply entitled Helliconia. The trilogy was originally published as three volumes, Helliconia Spring (1982), Helliconia Summer ... - . A Book every Six Days .: Review:- Ariana FRANKLIN – “Mistress of ...
Brian Aldiss - " Non-stop" (1958) Although noted as one of the most important science fiction writer s of all time, Aldiss also wrote conventional novels. His innovative literary techniques, brilliant plots and irresistible characters ... - Sightlines An Anthology of New Writing, P. D. James (Editor ...
... Nina Bawden, Frederick Forsyth, Doris Lessing, A S Byatt, Malcolm Bradbury, David Lodge, John Fowles, D J Enright, Andrew Motion, David Malouf, Brian Aldiss, Tibor Fischer, Philip Kerr, and Reginald Hill, among many others. ... - The Wertzone: Wertzone Classics: Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss
Helliconia Spring (originally published in 1982) is the first volume in Brian Aldiss' masterpiece, The Helliconia Trilogy. In this work, Aldiss has constructed the supreme achievement of science fiction worldbuilding: Helliconia, ...
