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Brian W. Aldiss


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

Died
August 19, 2017

Website

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Poetry


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

Brian Wilson Aldiss was 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 died on August 19, 2017, just after celebrating his 92nd birthday with his family and closest friends.

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Re: An evening with Aldiss, Morcock, Spinrad & Clute #outofthisworld

Just wanted to stop by and say: Happy Birthday Brian! I love your work!

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“When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.”
― Brian Aldiss
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“Civilisation is the distance that man has placed between himself and his own excreta.”
― Brian Aldiss, The Dark Light Years
tags: civilisation, cleanliness, excreta, hygiene
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Polls

2016 1st Quarter Long Read

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904 pages
 
  25 votes, 17.4%

 
  18 votes, 12.5%

1853, Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1017 pages
 
  17 votes, 11.8%

1869, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 667 pages
 
  15 votes, 10.4%

1965, Dune by Frank Herbert, 604 pages
 
  15 votes, 10.4%

1870, Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 733 pages
 
  8 votes, 5.6%

 
  7 votes, 4.9%

 
  6 votes, 4.2%

1982, North and South by John Jakes, 812 pages
 
  6 votes, 4.2%

 
  5 votes, 3.5%

1928, Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford, 836 pages
 
  5 votes, 3.5%

1993, A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages
 
  4 votes, 2.8%

1985, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 945 pages
 
  3 votes, 2.1%

1836, Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens, 688 pages
 
  3 votes, 2.1%

1987, The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 656 pages
 
  2 votes, 1.4%

1983, Helliconia by Brian W. Aldiss, 1305 pages
 
  2 votes, 1.4%

1980, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, 912 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

1948, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, 740 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

1863, Romola by George Eliot, 688 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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