Brian Aldiss





Brian Aldiss

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August 18, 1925 in Dereham, Norfolk, The United Kingdom

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Pseudonyms: Jael Cracken, Peter Pica, John Runciman, C. C. Shackleton, Arch Mendicant, "Doc" Peristyle.

Brian Wilson Aldiss is one of the most important voices in science fiction writing today. He wrote his first novel while working as a bookseller in Oxford. Shortly afterwards he wrote his first work of science fiction and soon gained international recognition. Adored for his innovative literary techniques, evocative plots and irresistible characters, he became a Grand Master of Science Fiction in 1999. Brian Aldiss recently celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday and is still writing to ardent applause.

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Helliconia Spring (Hellicon...
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 764 ratings — published 1982 — 21 editions
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Non-Stop
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 783 ratings — published 1958 — 27 editions
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Hothouse
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 614 ratings — published 1962 — 30 editions
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Helliconia Winter (Hellicon...
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 1985 — 18 editions
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Helliconia Summer (Hellicon...
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 1983 — 17 editions
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions
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Greybeard
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 1964 — 21 editions
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Frankenstein Unbound
3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1973 — 13 editions
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A Science Fiction Omnibus
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“When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.”
Brian Aldiss

“It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.”
Brian Aldiss

“The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the lands he left behind remain for ever like a mirage in his mind.
However, misfortune can itself sow seeds of creativity.

---- Afterword to "Hothouse" Brian Aldiss”
Brian Aldiss, Hothouse

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