Prix Tour-Apollo
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1975) Winner
Ian Watson
イアン・ワトソン
Ian Watson
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1943-04-20 （United Kingdom）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, French
- Residence History
- United Kingdom → Tanzania → Japan, Tokyo → United Kingdom, Birmingham → Spain, Gijón
Career
- Occupations
- author, science fiction writer, lecturer, future studies teacher
- Active Years
- 1973-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balliol College, Oxford | — | English Literature | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Oxford | — | English and French 19th-century literature | Research degree | — | United Kingdom |
Balliol College, Oxford
English Literature
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Oxford
English and French 19th-century literature
Degree:
Research degree
Year of Graduation:
1965
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Prix Apollo | The Embedding | — | — | won |
| 1977 | BSFA Award for Best Novel | The Jonah Kit | — | British Science Fiction Association | won |
Prix Apollo
1975
Work:
The Embedding
Result:
won
BSFA Award for Best Novel
1977
Work:
The Jonah Kit
Organization:
British Science Fiction Association
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
BSFA Award
2 appearances
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Edition 9 (1977) Winner
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Edition 41 (2009) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Embedding
1973 Science fictionA science fiction novel based on ideas from generative grammar, featuring center embedding processes.
linguisticsgenerative grammarcenter embedding
The Jonah Kit
1975 Science fictionExplores experiments uploading human mind-patterns into whale and dolphin brains to achieve communication.
mind uploadingcetacean intelligenceinterspecies communication
Miracle Visitors
1978 Science fictionStory involving miracle visitors.
paranormalaliens
God's World
1979 Science fictionDepicts a world of gods.
mythologyreligion
Adaptations
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (screen story)
Translations of Works
- Some stories translated into non-English languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Idea-driven science fictionLinguistics-infused styleProlific output
- Recurring Motifs
- language and consciousnessalien contactintelligence exploration
Legacy
Ian Watson is a prolific British SF author with over two dozen novels since the 1970s, winner of Prix Apollo and BSFA Award. Credited on A.I. screenplay story and Warhammer 40k novels. Lives in Spain.
In Popular Culture
- Contributed novels to Warhammer 40,000 universe
Trivia
- In 1959, worked unsatisfactorily as accounts clerk at Runciman's shipping company in Newcastle.
- Lectured English in Tanzania (1965-67) and Tokyo (1967-70).
- Taught Future Studies at Birmingham Polytechnic 1970-76, then full-time writer.
- Appeared on Channel 4's After Dark in 1989 with Buzz Aldrin and others.
- Lives in Gijón, Spain.