Author
Brian W. Aldiss
Brian W. Aldiss (1925-2017) was a British science fiction writer, anthologist, and critic whose Helliconia trilogy and the short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long (the seed for Spielberg's A. I.) are the works most readers know. The catalog runs much deeper.
Reviews
7
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8
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Years active
1988-2002
Reviewed
Our reviews of Brian W. Aldiss's work
A Romance of the Equator: The Best Fantasy Stories of Brian W. Aldiss
by Brian W. Aldiss
A Romance of the Equator by Brian W. Aldiss 1989 review. The Gollancz best-of fantasy collection from one of the most underrated short-fiction careers in British SF.
Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss
by Brian W. Aldiss
A career retrospective of one of British SF's most distinctive voices. Worth reading even if you already own Hothouse.
Dracula Unbound
by Brian W. Aldiss
Aldiss writing a time-travel Dracula sequel. Sometimes inspired, sometimes the back half of a clearance sale.
Man In His Time
by Brian W. Aldiss
A second short fiction collection. The title story alone earns the entry.
Remembrance Day
by Brian W. Aldiss
Brian Aldiss writing a literary novel about the IRA bombing of Brighton. SF writer in straight-fiction mode.
Super-State: A Novel of a Future Europe
by Brian W. Aldiss
Late Aldiss imagining a politically unified near-future European super-state. Strange, sprawling, sometimes brilliant.
The Cretan Teat
by Brian W. Aldiss
A Brian Aldiss late novel set on Crete, half-memoir and half-rumination on faith, marriage, and the lasting strangeness of the Aegean.
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What we have said about Brian W. Aldiss
A Romance of the Equator by Brian W. Aldiss 1989 review. The Gollancz best-of fantasy collection from one of the most underrated short-fiction careers in British SF.
A career retrospective of one of British SF's most distinctive voices. Worth reading even if you already own Hothouse.
A second short fiction collection. The title story alone earns the entry.
Brian Aldiss writing a literary novel about the IRA bombing of Brighton. SF writer in straight-fiction mode.
A Brian Aldiss late novel set on Crete, half-memoir and half-rumination on faith, marriage, and the lasting strangeness of the Aegean.
Aldiss writing a time-travel Dracula sequel. Sometimes inspired, sometimes the back half of a clearance sale.
Late Aldiss imagining a politically unified near-future European super-state. Strange, sprawling, sometimes brilliant.
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