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Brian W. Aldiss
Author · 71 books

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. Brian W. Aldiss Group on Good Reads

Series

Books

Vanguard From Alpha book cover

Vanguard From Alpha

1959

Helliconia book cover

Helliconia

1983

Life in the West book cover

Life in the West

1980

Enemigos del sistema book cover

Enemigos del sistema

1978

Cryptozoic! book cover

Cryptozoic!

1967

An Island Called Moreau book cover

An Island Called Moreau

1980

Bury My Heart at W.H.Smith's book cover

Bury My Heart at W.H.Smith's

1980

Twinkling of an Eye book cover

Twinkling of an Eye

1998

Harm book cover

Harm

2007

Starswarm book cover

Starswarm

1963

Trillion Year Spree book cover

Trillion Year Spree

The History of Science Fiction

1986

Hell's Cartographers - Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers book cover

Hell's Cartographers - Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers

1975

Billion Year Spree book cover

Billion Year Spree

The True History of Science Fiction

1973

Cultural Breaks book cover

Cultural Breaks

2005

Super-State book cover

Super-State

A Novel of a Future Europe

2002

Finches of Mars book cover

Finches of Mars

2012

The Hand-Reared Boy book cover

The Hand-Reared Boy

1970

Non-Stop book cover

Non-Stop

1958

New Arrivals, Old Encounters book cover

New Arrivals, Old Encounters

1979

Twelve Tomorrows 2013 book cover

Twelve Tomorrows 2013

2013

A Romance of the Equator book cover

A Romance of the Equator

1989

The Airs of Earth book cover

The Airs of Earth

1963

Helliconia Summer book cover

Helliconia Summer

1983

A Rude Awakening book cover

A Rude Awakening

1978

A Tupolev Too Far, and Other Stories book cover

A Tupolev Too Far, and Other Stories

1989

Let's Go to Golgotha book cover

Let's Go to Golgotha

1975

The Dark Light Years book cover

The Dark Light Years

1964

The Brightfount Diaries book cover

The Brightfount Diaries

1955

Report on Probability A book cover

Report on Probability A

1968

White Mars book cover

White Mars

1999

Who Can Replace a Man? book cover

Who Can Replace a Man?

1965

Comfort Zone book cover

Comfort Zone

2013

Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time book cover

Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time

1969

Remembrance Day book cover

Remembrance Day

1993

The Moment of Eclipse book cover

The Moment of Eclipse

1970

The Cretan Teat book cover

The Cretan Teat

2001

Bang, bang y Donde las líneas convergen book cover

Bang, bang y Donde las líneas convergen

1979

Pile book cover

Pile

Petals from St Klaed's Computer

1979

The Secret of This Book book cover

The Secret of This Book

20-Odd Stories

1995

The Detached Retina book cover

The Detached Retina

2013

Frankenstein Unbound book cover

Frankenstein Unbound

1973

Dracula Unbound book cover

Dracula Unbound

1991

Hothouse book cover

Hothouse

1962

The Male Response book cover

The Male Response

1961

The Interpreter book cover

The Interpreter

1960

Greybeard book cover

Greybeard

1964

Science Fiction Art book cover

Science Fiction Art

The Fantasies of SF

1975

Helliconia Spring book cover

Helliconia Spring

1982

The Shape Of Further Things book cover

The Shape Of Further Things

1970

Yet More Penguin Science Fiction book cover

Yet More Penguin Science Fiction

1964

Helliconia Winter book cover

Helliconia Winter

1985

Supertoys Trilogy book cover

Supertoys Trilogy

2014

Seasons In Flight book cover

Seasons In Flight

1984

Earthworks book cover

Earthworks

1965

A Soldier Erect book cover

A Soldier Erect

1970

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction book cover

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

2010

Ruins book cover

Ruins

1987

The Primal Urge book cover

The Primal Urge

1961

Cracken at Critical book cover

Cracken at Critical

A Novel in Three Acts

1987

Three Types of Solitude book cover

Three Types of Solitude

2019

Total Environment book cover

Total Environment

1968

Galaxies Like Grains of Sand book cover

Galaxies Like Grains of Sand

1959

Space, Time and Nathaniel book cover

Space, Time and Nathaniel

1957

The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths book cover

The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths

1966

Brothers of the Head book cover

Brothers of the Head

1977

Somewhere East of Life book cover

Somewhere East of Life

1994

The Eighty-Minute Hour book cover

The Eighty-Minute Hour

1974

Galactic Empires book cover

Galactic Empires

2 Volumes

1976

The Canopy Of Time book cover

The Canopy Of Time

1959

The Malacia Tapestry book cover

The Malacia Tapestry

1976

The Drabble Project book cover

The Drabble Project

1988

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