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Eric Brown

エリック・ブラウン

Erikku Buraun

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1960-05-24 （Haworth, Yorkshire, England）
Died
2023-03-21 （England） age 62
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Haworth, Yorkshire

Career

Occupations
science fiction author, critic, novelist
Active Years
1982-2023
Affiliations
The Guardian
Influenced By
Michael G. Coney, Robert Silverberg, Richard Paul Russo, Robert Charles Wilson

Awards

BSFA Award
2001
Work: Children of Winter
Category: 短編小説
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: winner
BSFA Award
1999
Work: Hunting the Slarque
Category: 短編小説
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: winner
Best New European SF Writer of the Year
1990
Organization: European Science Fiction Society
Result: winner
Interzone readers' poll
1988
Work: The Time-Lapsed Man
Organization: Interzone
Result: winner
Eastercon short text award
1995
Organization: Eastercon
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Children of Winter

2001 science fiction

Engineman

1994 science fiction

Kéthani

2008 science fiction

Helix

2007 science fiction

New York Nights

2000 science fiction

Bibliography

  • Meridian Days
  • Engineman
  • Penumbra
  • New York Nights
  • New York Blues
  • New York Dreams
  • Bengal Station
  • Helix
  • Kéthani
  • Necropath
  • Xenopath
  • Cosmopath

Style & Themes

Literary Style
optimistic science fictionspace opera
Recurring Motifs
first contactfuturistic societies

Health

  • sepsis
    2023年
    cause of death

Legacy

Prolific British SF author who won the BSFA Award twice. Published numerous novels, short stories, and novellas, and served as a critic for The Guardian.

Trivia

  • Began writing in 1975
  • Travelled extensively throughout Greece and Asia in the 1980s
  • First publication in 1982 with children's play Noel's Ark