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Brian Aldiss, OBE, was a fiction and science fiction writer, poet, playwright, critic, memoirist and artist.
Born in Norfolk in 1925, after leaving the army, Aldiss worked as a bookseller, which provided the setting for his first book, The Brightfount Diaries (1955). His first published science fiction work was the story ‘Criminal Record’, which appeared in Science Fantasy in 1954.
Passing away in 2017, over the course of his life Aldiss wrote nearly 100 books and over 300 short stories – becoming one of the pre-eminent science fiction writers of the 20th and 21st century.
<p>‘Aldiss is a magician’ Sunday Times</p> <p>‘The titan of science fiction.’ Telegraph</p> <p>‘Brian Aldiss is one of the most influential – and one of the best – SF writers Britain has ever produced.’ Iain M Banks</p> <p>‘The best contemporary writer of science fiction.’ Guardian</p> <p>‘One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age… the colossus of science fiction’<br />New Yorker</p> <p>‘Once again he demonstrates the power of his imagination.’ Daily Mail</p>
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Brian Aldiss, OBE, was a fiction and science fiction writer, poet, playwright, critic, memoirist and artist.
Born in Norfolk in 1925, after leaving the army, Aldiss worked as a bookseller, which provided the setting for his first book, The Brightfount Diaries (1955). His first published science fiction work was the story ‘Criminal Record’, which appeared in Science Fantasy in 1954.
Passing away in 2017, over the course of his life Aldiss wrote nearly 100 books and over 300 short stories – becoming one of the pre-eminent science fiction writers of the 20th and 21st century.