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Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss was an English writer, artist 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.
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culture · British science-fiction writer (1925–2017) · science fiction writer · novelist · literary critic · writer · screenwriter · artist · military personnel · bookseller · editor-in-chief · journalist · also Brian Aldiss, Brian W. Aldiss, Jael Cracken, Dr. Peristyle, C. C. Shackleton, Aldiss
Born 18 August 1925 · Died 19 August 2017 · Q238702
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2017· 3 entries
Died 2017-08-19.
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“Most of my poetry lies beyond the SF field, yet here I am corralled into 'SF poetry' as part of this poetry weekend. Of course, some might say, 'you've made your own bed — now you must lie in it!' But, while fully accepting that dictum, I'm not yet quite prepared to lie down...”
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“When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of Hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.”
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2013· 1 entry
Aldiss received the World Fantasy Convention Award at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded European Award of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (2007).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2004).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2000).
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1999· 2 entries
And the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2004
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And inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Tähtivaeltaja Award (1990).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Related Work for Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction (1987).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded BSFA Award for Best Novel for Helliconia Winter (1985).
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1983).
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1982· 2 entries
Awarded BSFA Award for Best Novel for Helliconia Spring (1982).
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When his choice of book was Rasselas by Samuel Johnson and his luxury a time machine
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Pilgrim Award (1978).
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1976· 1 entry
“Where Walls Are Hung with Multi-Media Portraits”
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1973· 1 entry
Aldiss and David Wingrove published The Billion Year Spree, a history of the science fiction genre
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded BSFA Award for Best Novel for The Moment of Eclipse (1971).
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1967· 1 entry
Algis Budrys listed Aldiss, J
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novella for The Saliva Tree (1966).
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1965· 1 entry
Married his second wife, Margaret Christie Manson (daughter of John Alexander Christie Manson, an aeronautical engineer), a Scot and secretary to the editor of the Oxford Mail; Aldiss was 40, and she 31
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1962· 2 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Short Story for Hothouse (1962).
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For the Hothouse series; and the Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book in 1987 for Trillion Year Spree
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1961· 1 entry
Edited an anthology of reprinted short science fiction for the British paperback publisher Penguin Books under the title Penguin Science Fiction
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1955· 2 entries
And Caroline Wendy in 1959, but the marriage "finally collapsed" in 1959 and was dissolved in 1965
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Including three in monthly issues of New Worlds, also edited by Carnell
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1954· 1 entry
The Observer newspaper ran a competition for a short story set in the year 2500
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1948· 1 entry
Aldiss married Olive Fortescue, secretary to the owner of Sanders' bookseller's in Oxford, where he had worked since 1947
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1943· 1 entry
Joined the Royal Signals and saw military action in Burma
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-08-18.
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