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Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories.
Aldiss was associated with the British New Wave of science fiction. ==Life and career== ===Early life, education, and military service=== Aldiss was born on 18 August 1925, above his paternal grandfather's draper's shop in Dereham, Norfolk.
As a 3-year-old, Aldiss started to write stories which his mother would bind and put on a shelf. At the age of 6, he went to Framlingham College but moved to Devon and was sent to board at West Buckland School in Devon in 1939 after the outbreak of the war.
The title is a reference to Kingsley Amis's survey of science fiction, New Maps of Hell. Decade series, with Harry Harrison: # Decade: the 1940s (1975) # Decade: the 1950s (1976) # Decade: the 1960s (1979) Evil Earths (1976) Galactic Empires series: # Galactic Empires.
In 1943, during the Second World War, he joined the Royal Signals and saw action in Burma. ===Writing and publishing=== His Army experience inspired the Horatio Stubbs second and third books, A Soldier Erect and A Rude Awakening, respectively. After the war, he worked as a bookseller in Oxford.
The Brian W Aldiss Archive at the University holds manuscripts from the period 1943–1995. In 2013, Aldiss was recipient of the World Fantasy Convention Award at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England. Aldiss sat on the Council of the Society of Authors. He won two Hugo awards: in 1962 for the Hothouse series; and in 1987 for Trillion Year Spree.
(The exhibition title denotes the writer/artist's notion, "words streaming from one side of his brain inspiring images in what he calls 'the other hemisphere'".) ===Personal life=== In 1948, Aldiss married Olive Fortescue, secretary to the owner of Sanders' bookseller's in Oxford, where he had worked since 1947.
(The exhibition title denotes the writer/artist's notion, "words streaming from one side of his brain inspiring images in what he calls 'the other hemisphere'".) ===Personal life=== In 1948, Aldiss married Olive Fortescue, secretary to the owner of Sanders' bookseller's in Oxford, where he had worked since 1947.
The title is a reference to Kingsley Amis's survey of science fiction, New Maps of Hell. Decade series, with Harry Harrison: # Decade: the 1940s (1975) # Decade: the 1950s (1976) # Decade: the 1960s (1979) Evil Earths (1976) Galactic Empires series: # Galactic Empires.
According to ISFDB, his first speculative fiction in print was the short story Criminal Record, published by John Carnell in the July 1954 issue of Science Fantasy.
Several of his stories appeared in 1955, including three in monthly issues of New Worlds, also edited by Carnell. In 1954, The Observer newspaper ran a competition for a short story set in the year 2500.
Several of his stories appeared in 1955, including three in monthly issues of New Worlds, also edited by Carnell. In 1954, The Observer newspaper ran a competition for a short story set in the year 2500.
He had two children from his first marriage: Clive in 1955 and Caroline Wendy in 1959, but the marriage "finally collapsed" in 1959 and dissolved in 1965. In 1965, he married his second wife, Margaret Christie Manson (daughter of John Alexander Christie Manson, an aeronautical engineer), a Scottish woman and secretary to the editor of the Oxford Mail; Aldiss was 40, and she 31.
Aldiss confessed to being a science fiction author, to the delight of the publishers, who had a number of science fiction fans in high places, and so his first science fiction book was published, a collection of short stories entitled Space, Time and Nathaniel (Faber, 1957).
By this time, his earnings from writing matched his wages in the bookshop, and he made the decision to become a full-time writer. Aldiss led the voting for Most Promising New Author of 1958 at the next year's Worldcon, but finished behind "no award".
He was the literary editor of the Oxford Mail newspaper from 1958 to 1969.
He had two children from his first marriage: Clive in 1955 and Caroline Wendy in 1959, but the marriage "finally collapsed" in 1959 and dissolved in 1965. In 1965, he married his second wife, Margaret Christie Manson (daughter of John Alexander Christie Manson, an aeronautical engineer), a Scottish woman and secretary to the editor of the Oxford Mail; Aldiss was 40, and she 31.
He was elected president of the British Science Fiction Association in 1960.
Around this time, he edited a large-format volume Science Fiction Art (1975), with selections of artwork from the magazines and pulps. In response to the results from the planetary probes of the 1960s and 1970s, which showed that Venus was completely unlike the hot, tropical jungle usually depicted in science fiction, Aldiss and Harrison edited an anthology Farewell, Fantastic Venus!, reprinting stories based on the pre-probe ideas of Venus.
The title is a reference to Kingsley Amis's survey of science fiction, New Maps of Hell. Decade series, with Harry Harrison: # Decade: the 1940s (1975) # Decade: the 1950s (1976) # Decade: the 1960s (1979) Evil Earths (1976) Galactic Empires series: # Galactic Empires.
In 1961, he edited an anthology of reprinted short science fiction for the British paperback publisher Penguin Books under the title Penguin Science Fiction.
The Brian W Aldiss Archive at the University holds manuscripts from the period 1943–1995. In 2013, Aldiss was recipient of the World Fantasy Convention Award at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England. Aldiss sat on the Council of the Society of Authors. He won two Hugo awards: in 1962 for the Hothouse series; and in 1987 for Trillion Year Spree.
Around 1964, he and long-time collaborator Harry Harrison started the first ever journal of science fiction criticism, Science Fiction Horizons, which during its brief span of two issues published articles and reviews by such authors as James Blish, and featured a discussion among Aldiss, C.
Wells's birth, and shared the Nebula Award for the best novella of 1964.
He had two children from his first marriage: Clive in 1955 and Caroline Wendy in 1959, but the marriage "finally collapsed" in 1959 and dissolved in 1965. In 1965, he married his second wife, Margaret Christie Manson (daughter of John Alexander Christie Manson, an aeronautical engineer), a Scottish woman and secretary to the editor of the Oxford Mail; Aldiss was 40, and she 31.
In 1967 Algis Budrys listed Aldiss, J.
Le Guin's The Word for World Is Forest, "one of the major SF denunciations of the American genocide in Vietnam." Earthworks (1965, Faber), (1966, Doubleday), (1967, Four Square), (1967, Signet P3116), (1979, Panther), (1980, Avon) An Age (1967, Faber), (1969, Sphere), (1979, Panther), US title Cryptozoic! (1969, Avon), (1978, Panther), a dystopic time-travel novel Report on Probability A (serialized 1967), (1968, Faber), (1969, Sphere).
1–9, 1968–1976). Aldiss invented a form of extremely short story called the mini-saga.
2, or Best SF: 1968 (1969) # The Year's Best Science Fiction No.
He was the literary editor of the Oxford Mail newspaper from 1958 to 1969.
3, or Best SF: 1969 (1970) # The Year's Best Science Fiction No.
In the 1970s, he produced several large collections of classic grand-scale science fiction, under the titles Space Opera (1974), Space Odysseys (1975), Galactic Empires (1976), Evil Earths (1976), and Perilous Planets (1978).
Around this time, he edited a large-format volume Science Fiction Art (1975), with selections of artwork from the magazines and pulps. In response to the results from the planetary probes of the 1960s and 1970s, which showed that Venus was completely unlike the hot, tropical jungle usually depicted in science fiction, Aldiss and Harrison edited an anthology Farewell, Fantastic Venus!, reprinting stories based on the pre-probe ideas of Venus.
6, or Best SF: 1972 (1973) # The Year's Best Science Fiction No.
7, or Best SF: 1973 (1974) # The Year's Best Science Fiction No.
He was also the Guest of Honor at the conventions in 1986 and 1999. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 18th SFWA Grand Master in 2000 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2004. He was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature in the 2005 Birthday Honours list. In January 2007 he appeared on Desert Island Discs.
The Brian W Aldiss Archive at the University holds manuscripts from the period 1943–1995. In 2013, Aldiss was recipient of the World Fantasy Convention Award at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England. Aldiss sat on the Council of the Society of Authors. He won two Hugo awards: in 1962 for the Hothouse series; and in 1987 for Trillion Year Spree.
She died in 1997. ===Death=== Aldiss died on 19 August 2017, the day after his 92nd birthday. ==Awards and honours== He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1990. Aldiss was the "Permanent Special Guest" at the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) from 1989 through 2008.
She died in 1997. ===Death=== Aldiss died on 19 August 2017, the day after his 92nd birthday. ==Awards and honours== He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1990. Aldiss was the "Permanent Special Guest" at the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) from 1989 through 2008.
She died in 1997. ===Death=== Aldiss died on 19 August 2017, the day after his 92nd birthday. ==Awards and honours== He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1990. Aldiss was the "Permanent Special Guest" at the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) from 1989 through 2008.
He was also the Guest of Honor at the conventions in 1986 and 1999. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 18th SFWA Grand Master in 2000 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2004. He was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature in the 2005 Birthday Honours list. In January 2007 he appeared on Desert Island Discs.
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 was also the Guest of Honor at the conventions in 1986 and 1999. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 18th SFWA Grand Master in 2000 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2004. He was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature in the 2005 Birthday Honours list. In January 2007 he appeared on Desert Island Discs.
Volume Two (1976) Perilous Planets (1978) Mini Sagas: From The Daily Telegraph Competition series: * Mini Sagas: From The Daily Telegraph Competition (1998) * Mini Sagas: From The Daily Telegraph Competition 2001 (2001) A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) The Folio Science Fiction Anthology (2016) ==Adaptations== Frankenstein Unbound (1990), film directed by Roger Corman, based on novel Frankenstein Unbound A.I.
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 was also the Guest of Honor at the conventions in 1986 and 1999. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 18th SFWA Grand Master in 2000 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2004. He was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature in the 2005 Birthday Honours list. In January 2007 he appeared on Desert Island Discs.
He was also the Guest of Honor at the conventions in 1986 and 1999. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 18th SFWA Grand Master in 2000 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2004. He was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature in the 2005 Birthday Honours list. In January 2007 he appeared on Desert Island Discs.
He was also the Guest of Honor at the conventions in 1986 and 1999. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 18th SFWA Grand Master in 2000 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2004. He was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature in the 2005 Birthday Honours list. In January 2007 he appeared on Desert Island Discs.
She died in 1997. ===Death=== Aldiss died on 19 August 2017, the day after his 92nd birthday. ==Awards and honours== He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1990. Aldiss was the "Permanent Special Guest" at the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) from 1989 through 2008.
The full selection of eight favourite records is on the BBC website. On 1 July 2008 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Liverpool in recognition of his contribution to literature.
His first solo exhibition, The Other Hemisphere, was held in Oxford, August–September 2010, and the exhibition's centrepiece Metropolis (see figure) has since been released as a limited edition fine art print.
The Brian W Aldiss Archive at the University holds manuscripts from the period 1943–1995. In 2013, Aldiss was recipient of the World Fantasy Convention Award at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England. Aldiss sat on the Council of the Society of Authors. He won two Hugo awards: in 1962 for the Hothouse series; and in 1987 for Trillion Year Spree.
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories.
She died in 1997. ===Death=== Aldiss died on 19 August 2017, the day after his 92nd birthday. ==Awards and honours== He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1990. Aldiss was the "Permanent Special Guest" at the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) from 1989 through 2008.
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