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Brian W. Aldiss

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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 inMore
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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Born in Dereham, Norfolk, England, The United Kingdom on August 18, 1925.
Gender
Male
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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

Quotes

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.
Civilisation is the distance that man has placed between himself and his own excreta.
There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.