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Brian W. Aldiss

Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, was an English writer and anthology-editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s. show more

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Birth date: 1925-08-18

Died: 2017-08-19

Website: www.brianwaldiss.org

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Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Dangerous Visions - Harlan Ellison, Brian W. Aldiss, Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, R.A. Lafferty, Philip K. Dick, Philip José Farmer, John Brunner, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Robert Bloch, Norman Spinrad, Theodore Sturgeon, Carol

xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths - Kate Bernheimer, Laura van den Berg, Ron Currie Jr., Anthony Marra, Dawn Raffel, Maile Meloy, Willy Vlautin, Gina Ochsner, Madeline Miller, Manuel Muñoz, Benjamin Percy, Edith Pearlman, Joy Williams, Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, Victor LaValle, Ben Loory, Elizabeth Mc

Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century - Robert A. Heinlein, Orson Scott Card, Harlan Ellison, Karen Joy Fowler, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Gibson, Arthur C. Clarke, Brian W. Aldiss, Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, R.A. Lafferty, George R.R. Martin, Michael Swanwick, Terry Bisson, C.J. Cherryh,

The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction - Eric Brown, Brian W. Aldiss, Paul Di Filippo, Mike Resnick, David Gerrold, Adam Roberts, Peter F. Hamilton, Ian Watson, James Lovegrove, Greg Van Eekhout, Jeffrey Thomas, George Mann, Mary A. Turzillo, Stephen Baxer, Keith Brooke, Simon Ings, Tony Ballantyne, Neal Asher, J

The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011 - Clayton Hickman, Mark Gatiss, Gareth Roberts, Oli Smith, Steven Moffat, Brian W. Aldiss, David Bailey, Nicholas Pegg, Benjamin Cook, Ben Morris, Adrian Rogers, Lee Johnson, Nic Taylor, Anthony Dry, Martin Geraghty, Lee Binding, Matt Smith, Karen Gillian, Arthur Darvill, Al

Supertoys Last All Summer Long: And Other Stories of Future Time - Brian W. Aldiss

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection - Robert Silverberg, Kim Newman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ian R. MacLeod, Connie Willis, Gregory Benford, Walter Jon Williams, Nancy Kress, Rick Shelley, Chris Beckett, Alexander Jablokov, Robert Reed, Lois Tilton, Mark L. Van Name, Geoffrey A. Landis, Greg Egan, Paul J. McAu

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection - Gardner R. Dozois, G. David Nordley, Mike Resnick, Robert Reed, Pat Cadigan, Greg Egan, Charles Sheffield, Neal Barrett Jr., Mark Rich, Steven Utley, Jack Cady, Joe Haldeman, Stephen Baxter, Dan Simmons, William Browning Spencer, Maureen F. McHugh, David B. Kisor, Walter

Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future - Dougal Dixon, Philip Hood, Brian W. Aldiss

Year's Best SF 7 - David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, Nancy Kress, Terry Bisson, Richard Chwedyk, Simon Ings, Michael Swanwick, Brian W. Aldiss, Edward M. Lerner, David Morrell, Ursula K. Le Guin, Stephen Baxter, Terry Dowling, Thomas M. Disch, Lisa Goldstein, Gene Wolfe, Gregory Benford, A

Tales in Time: The Man Who Walked Home and Other Stories - Peter Crowther, Robert Silverberg, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, Lewis Padgett, Garry Douglas Kilworth, James Tiptree Jr., Charles de Lint, Spider Robinson, Jack Finney, L. Sprague de Camp, Brian W. Aldiss, H.G. Wells

DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction - Brian W. Aldiss, Charles Ingrid, Julie E. Czerneda, Frederik Pohl, Tad Williams, Robert Sheckley, Kate Elliott, C.J. Cherryh, Brian M. Stableford, Lisanne Norman, Neal Barrett Jr., C.S. Friedman, Ron Goulart, S. Andrew Swann, Ian Watson, Elizabeth R. Wollheim, Charles L.

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection - Harlan Ellison, Haruki Murakami, Brian W. Aldiss, A.S. Byatt, Joyce Carol Oates, Nancy Farmer, Christopher Fowler, Robert Silverberg, Ed Gorman, Jane Yolen, Peter Straub, Ellen Datlow, Charles de Lint, Judith Tarr, John Brunner, Poppy Z. Brite, M. John Harrison, Gene Wolf

Weird Tales from Shakespeare - Katharine Kerr, Martin H. Greenberg, Brian W. Aldiss, Diana L. Paxson, Charles de Lint, Kate Elliott, Mike Resnick, Gregory Benford, Gregory Feeley, Barbara Denz, Josepha Sherman, Jack Oakley, Mark Kreighbaum, Kate Daniels, Barry N. Malzberg, Laura Resnick, Esther M. Fri

Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse - Terry Pratchett, Brian W. Aldiss, Alan Moore, Diana Wynne Jones, R.A. Lafferty, Stephen Jones, Colin Greenland, Gene Wolfe, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, John Grant, Jo Fletcher, John M. Ford, Stephen Gallagher, James Herbert, Richard Hill, Garry Douglas Kilworth, Harry

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markk rated it

5 years ago

text Thirteen variations on the theme of time travel

One of my favorite reading pleasures is the short story collection. Such books provide a nearly perfect combination of diversity and readability within a single volume. This is especially true when the collection consists of stories from multiple authors and their different styles of writing. And ...

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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it

7 years ago

text RIP Brian Aldiss, 1925 - 1917: "The Brightfount Diaries" by Brian Aldiss

It has been a while since I read his “Trillion Year Spree”, but I would respectfully submit that Aldiss may very well have made his case for the essential nature of science fiction in making and moving on the modern world. It is difficult to think of another genre so relevant, and at the same time...

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CDRBill rated it

8 years ago

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The central character in this book is the planet Helliconia. The story shows how the primitive civilizations and flora and fauna are influenced by planetary forces with seasons that last thousands of years. Readers must keep in mind that this book is the start of a trilogy or they will not like the ...

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Noel's Blog rated it

8 years ago

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The world is going out with a whimper instead of a bang. The entire human race is pretty much sterile due to a nuclear accident. More large animals, except reindeer have suffered the same fate, while other small animals thrive to the point of being a threat. Civilization despairs and collapses, but ...

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Silk & Serif rated it

10 years ago

text Finches of Mars

Received via NetGalley from the Open Road Media in exchange for an honest and completely unbiased review. Also posted on Silk & SerifFinches of Mars is the work of science fictions most eminent authors. I researched Aldiss upon completion of this book and learned that most of his books require anal...

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