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Brian W. Aldiss

ブライアン・ダブリュー・オールディス

Buraian W. Ōrudisu

Aliases: Brian Aldiss
Pen Names: Jael Cracken（Pseudonym used in mid-1960s）, Dr. Peristyle（Pseudonym used in mid-1960s）, C. C. Shackleton（Pseudonym used in mid-1960s）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1925-08-18 （East Dereham, Norfolk, England）
Died
2017-08-19 （Oxford, England） age 92
Nationality
England, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Dereham, Norfolk → Oxford

Career

Occupations
Writer, Editor, Artist
Active Years
1954-2017
Affiliations
Vice-president of H. G. Wells Society, Co-president of Birmingham Science Fiction Group, President of British Science Fiction Association (1960), Literary editor of Oxford Mail (1958-1969)
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1990), Society of Authors Council
Influenced By
H. G. Wells, Robert A. Heinlein, Philip K. Dick
Influenced
J. G. Ballard

Education

Framlingham College
Unknown
Period: 6歳頃
Country: England
Attended from age 6
West Buckland School
Unknown
Period: 1939年
Country: England
After WWII outbreak in 1939

Awards

Hugo Award for Best Short Story
1962
Work: Hothouse
Category: Short Fiction
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: 受賞
Nebula Award for Best Novella
1965
Work: The Saliva Tree
Category: Novella
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
Result: 受賞
BSFA Award
1971
Work: The Moment of Eclipse
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
Hugo Award for Best Related Work
1987
Work: Trillion Year Spree
Category: Non-Fiction
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: 受賞
SFWA Grand Master
1999
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
Result: 受賞
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2005
Organization: British Monarchy
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Non-Stop

1958 Science Fiction

Generation ship where inhabitants have regressed to primitivism; a tribesman uncovers the truth.

Generation shipsDegenerationDiscovery

Hothouse

1962 Science Fiction

Far-future Earth overgrown by giant plants; tiny humans struggle for survival.

Post-human EarthPlant evolutionSurvival

Helliconia Spring

1982 Science Fiction

Epic SF trilogy starting with spring on alien planet Helliconia.

Alien worldsPlanetary cyclesCivilization

Supertoys Last All Summer Long

1969 Science Fiction

Story of a robotic boy yearning for love in a future world.

Artificial intelligenceParenthoodDystopia
Adaptations
  • [Film] A.I. Artificial Intelligence / Steven Spielberg (2001)

The Moment of Eclipse

1970 Science Fiction Short Stories

Collection of experimental New Wave SF stories, BSFA winner.

New WaveExperimentalSatire

Adaptations

  • Frankenstein Unbound (1990 film)
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001 film)
  • Brothers of the Head (2005 film)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
New Wave science fictionExperimentalSatirical
Recurring Motifs
Future societiesAlien encountersTime and degeneration

Legacy

Influential SF Grand Master, key figure in British New Wave, multiple award winner including basis for A.I. film.

Academic Societies

  • H. G. Wells Society
  • British Science Fiction Association

Archives

  • Brian W. Aldiss Archive, University of Liverpool

In Popular Culture

  • Short story basis for A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Quotes

  • (No direct quotes available)
    Source: Unknown

Trivia

  • Invented the mini-saga form
  • Accomplished artist with exhibitions
  • Started as bookseller in Oxford