Welcome
…to the official Brian W. Aldiss website. As well as being a distinguished SF writer, Aldiss is also an important mainstream novelist, a poet, an essayist, a dramatist, an SF historian and critic whose work has been published in dozens of countries around the world.
Fantastically now re-released Hothouse (Penguin Modern Classics)
Greybeard
Re-released Greybeard (S.F. Masterworks)
‘The titan of science fiction.’ Telegraph
‘Brian Aldiss is one of the most influential – and one of the best – SF writers Britain has ever produced.’ Iain M Banks
‘The best contemporary writer of science fiction.’ Guardian
‘One of our best novelists.’ William Boyd
In The Press
In Why human educators must assert control as bots enter the classroom Lucas Kwong, a professor of English at New York City College of Technology, cites Supertoys Last All Summer Long as staple fare in the science fiction genre for the “‘boy and his robot’ trope”. The Venturebeat article goes on to discuss the merits of automation in the classroom and is a fascinating read.
Graham Coxon, the guitarist from the band Blur is a Brian Aldiss fan. In this New Statesman article Graham mentions the following novels as recent inspiration to him: The Hand-Reared Boy, Hothouse, Super-State
In a recent article for the Evening Standard John Sutherland quite rightly highlights our on-going fascination with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: “Why does Frankenstein matter all these years later? Partly because of the romance of its conception, but mostly because Brian Aldiss, the dean of British science fiction, saw it as foundational. Why? Because it foresees the future: man plays God and creates life through science — then suffers as the creation turns on its creator.” John Sutherland’s Frankenstein’s Brain will be published by Icon Books in September.
News
Centenary!
2025 is Brian’s centenary year and to celebrate this there’s a lot planned.
Join us as we marvel at the huge and diverse body of work, and the sphere of influence Brian had in his lifetime.
Read, listen, watch and wallow in some new and renewed highlights from an extensive career.
First up in a series of articles about friendships is a blog post about long-time friend Bob Shaw.
Read the Bob Shaw article here.
The Aldiss Award for World Building in Fantasy & Science Fiction
Launched at Novacon ’23 the Aldiss Award will be awarded during Brian’s centenary year 2025 after a years’ worth of submissions and judging. The prize will be awarded for great world building and will not be limited to literature but also embrace gaming and cross genres between science fiction & fantasy. More info on The Aldiss Award for World Building here (opens in new window).
