Brian W. Aldiss

Brian W. Aldiss

Brian W. Aldiss was born in Dereham, Norfolk, England on August 18th, 1925 and passed away at the age of 92 on August 19th, 2017.

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Brian W. Aldiss Stats: The most read book by Brian W. Aldiss on Book Notification is Hothouse / The Long Afternoon of Earth, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Helliconia Spring (Helliconia #1).

Below is a complete list of Brian W. Aldiss books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Horatio Stubbs Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Hand-Reared Boy
1970
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2
A Soldier Erect
1971
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3
A Rude Awakening
1978
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List of The Squire Quartet Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Life in the West
1980
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2
Forgotten Life
1988
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3
Remembrance Day
1993
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4
Somewhere East of Life
1994
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List of Helliconia Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Helliconia Spring
1982
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2
Helliconia Summer
1983
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3
Helliconia Winter
1985
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Starswarm
1954
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2
The Brightfount Diaries
1955
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3
8
Non-Stop / Starship
1958
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4
Vanguard From Alpha
1959
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5
Bow Down to Nul / The Interpreter
1960
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6
8
Hothouse / The Long Afternoon of Earth
1961
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7
The Male Response
1961
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8
6
The Primal Urge
1961
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9
6
Dark Light Years
1964
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10
9
Greybeard
1964
Go
11
6
Earthworks
1965
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12
Cryptozoic! / An Age
1967
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13
6
Report on Probability A
1968
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14
8
Barefoot in the Head
1969
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15
Neanderthal Planet
1969
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16
Frankenstein Unbound
1973
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17
The Eighty-Minute Hour
1974
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18
Enemies of the System
1978
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19
7
Moreau's Other Island
1980
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20
An Island Called Moreau
1980
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21
Tales from the Planet Earth
1986
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22
The Year Before Yesterday / Cracken at Critical
1987
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23
6
Ruins
1988
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24
Sex and the Black Machine
1988
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25
Dracula Unbound
1990
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26
8
White Mars (With: Roger Penrose)
1999
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27
The Cretan Teat
2001
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28
Super State
2002
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29
Affairs At Hampden Ferrers
2004
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30
Jocasta
2005
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31
Sanity and the Lady
2005
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32
Harm
2007
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33
Walcot
2009
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34
Finches of Mars
2012
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35
Comfort Zone
2013
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36
The Malacia Tapestry
2014
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Space, Time and Nathaniel
1957
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2
No Time Like Tomorrow
1959
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3
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand / The Canopy of Time
1959
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4
The Airs of Earth
1963
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5
6
The Saliva Tree
1966
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6
Who Can Replace a Man?
1966
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7
Intangibles Inc. And Other Stories
1969
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8
The Moment of Eclipse
1970
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9
Comic Inferno / The Book of Brian Aldiss
1972
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10
Equator
1973
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11
Brothers of the Head
1977
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12
Last Orders
1977
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13
Pile
1979
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14
New Arrivals, Old Encounters
1979
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15
Foreign Bodies
1981
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16
Farewell to a Child
1982
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17
Seasons in Flight
1984
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18
A Tupolev Too Far and Other Stories
1986
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19
The Magic of the Past
1987
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20
Science Fiction Blues
1988
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21
Man in His Time
1989
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22
At the Caligula Hotel
1995
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23
The Secret of This Book / Common Clay
1995
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24
The God Who Slept With Women
1995
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25
Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time
2001
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26
The Dark Sun Rises
2002
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27
Cultural Breaks
2005
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28
A Prehistory of Mind
2008
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29
Mortal Morning
2011
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30
The Invention of Happiness
2013
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31
Songs from the Steppes
2014
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32
The Complete Short Stories: The 1950s
2015
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33
The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 1)
2015
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34
The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 2)
2015
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35
Hello Earth, Are You There?
2025
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List of Best SF Anthologies in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Best SF: 1968 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 2 (With: Robert Sheckley, Harry Harrison)
1969
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2
Best SF: 1969 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 3 (With: Harry Harrison)
1970
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3
Best SF: 1970 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 4 (With: Harry Harrison)
1971
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4
Best SF: 1971 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 5 (With: Harry Harrison)
1972
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5
Best SF: 1973 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 7 (With: Harry Harrison)
1973
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6
Best SF: 1975 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 9 (With: Harry Harrison)
1976
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List of Non-Fiction in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Shape of Further Things
1970
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2
4
Billion Year Spree
1973
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3
Science Fiction Art
1975
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4
This World and Nearer Ones
1979
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5
Pale Shadow of Science
1986
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6
8
Trillion Year Spree (With: David Wingrove)
1986
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7
And the Lurid Glare of the Comet/Articles and Autobiography
1986
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8
The Detached Retina
1988
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9
Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's
1990
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10
Home Life With Cats
1992
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11
When The Feast Is Finished
1994
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12
The Twinkling of an Eye or My Life as an Englishman
1998
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13
Art After Apogee
2000
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14
Plutonian Monologue
2000
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15
The Starry Messenger
2006
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16
An Exile on Planet Earth
2012
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17
The Twinkling of an Eye
2015
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List of Faber Stories Books in Publication Order

A collection of stories by renowned authors, offering diverse and engaging tales.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Good Man Is Hard To Find (By: Flannery O'Connor)
1955
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2
The Inner Room (By: Robert Aickman)
1968
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3
Daughters of Passion (By: Julia O'Faolain)
1982
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4
Giacomo Joyce (By: Richard Ellmann)
1983
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5
6
Homeland (By: Barbara Kingsolver)
1989
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6
Shanti (By: Vikram Chandra)
1997
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7
Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine (By: Thom Jones)
1998
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8
An Elegy for Easterly (By: Petina Gappah)
2009
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9
The Shielding of Mrs Forbes (By: Alan Bennett)
2011
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10
The Cheater's Guide to Love (By: Junot Díaz)
2012
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11
10
Mrs Fox (By: Sarah Hall)
2014
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12
Mostly Hero (By: Anna Burns)
2014
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13
5
Mr Salary (By: Sally Rooney)
2016
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14
5
Come Rain or Come Shine (By: Kazuo Ishiguro)
2019
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15
The Victim (By: P.D. James)
2019
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16
Dante and the Lobster (By: Samuel Beckett)
2019
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17
Paradise (By: Edna O'Brien)
2019
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18
Cosmopolitan (By: Akhil Sharma)
2019
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19
The Lydia Steptoe Stories (By: Djuna Barnes)
2019
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20
10
Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom (By: Sylvia Plath)
2019
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21
Terrific Mother (By: Lorrie Moore)
2019
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22
The Country Funeral (By: John McGahern)
2019
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23
The Forester's Daughter (By: Claire Keegan)
2019
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24
Three Types of Solitude
2019
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25
A River in Egypt (By: David Means)
2019
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26
Fairy Tales (By: Marianne Moore)
2019
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27
Ghostly Stories (By: Celia Fremlin)
2019
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28
Intruders (By: Adrian Tomine)
2019
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Science fiction and morality tales collected.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Chinese Perspective
2000
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2
A New (Governmental) Father Christmas
2002
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List of Brian W. Aldiss Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Penguin Science Fiction
1961
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2
Best Fantasy Stories
1962
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3
More Penguin Science Fiction
1963
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4
The Eighth Galaxy Reader
1965
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5
Tales of Unease
1966
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6
Nebula Award Stories #2
1966
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7
Introducing Science Fiction
1967
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8
Farewell, Fantastic Venus / All About Venus
1968
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9
Backdrop of Stars
1968
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10
The Inner Landscape
1969
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11
Dangerous Visions 1
1969
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12
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3
1970
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13
Nova 1
1970
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14
On Our Way to the Future
1970
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15
SF Authors' Choice 2
1970
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16
Science Against Man
1970
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17
The Astounding Analog Reader
1972
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18
This Side of Infinity
1972
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19
Alpha 3
1972
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20
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two
1973
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21
The Year's Best Science Fiction
1973
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22
Orbit 12
1973
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23
Factions
1974
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24
Space Odysseys
1974
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25
Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology
1974
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26
Decade: The 1940's
1975
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27
New Worlds Nine
1975
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28
New Writings in SF 27
1975
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29
Evil Earths
1975
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30
Gollancz-Sunday Times Best SF Stories
1975
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31
Hell's Cartographers
1975
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32
Tomorrow: New Worlds of Science Fiction
1975
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33
New Worlds 6
1975
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34
Antigrav
1975
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35
Andromeda 1
1976
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36
Decade: The 1950s
1976
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37
Galactic Empires 2
1976
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38
Beyond Tomorrow
1976
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39
Decade: The 1960s
1977
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40
Algol The Magazine About Science Fiction - Winter 1977 / 1978
1977
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41
Perilous Planets
1978
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42
Galactic Empires
1979
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43
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
1980
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44
Winter's Tales 26
1981
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45
8
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969
1981
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46
Perpetual Light
1982
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47
The Book of Mini-Sagas
1985
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48
Tales From the Forbidden Planet
1987
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49
Gaslight & Ghosts
1988
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50
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1
1988
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51
The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
1988
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52
The Book of Mini-Sagas 2
1988
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53
The Drabble Project
1988
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54
Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold
1988
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55
Dark Fantasies
1989
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56
Now We Are Sick
1991
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57
Dante's Disciples
1991
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58
The Amis Story Anthology
1992
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59
New Worlds 1
1996
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60
New Worlds No. 221
1996
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61
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1997
1997
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62
Mini Sagas 1999
1999
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63
Nebula Awards 35 (2001)
2001
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64
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction
2002
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65
The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction
2002
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66
Mini-Sagas
2002
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67
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies
2002
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68
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology
2006
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69
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010
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70
The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011
2010
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71
Catastrophia
2010
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72
xo Orpheus
2013
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73
Four For Fantasy
2013
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74
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013
2013
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Brian W. Aldiss

Brian W. Aldiss (Brian Wilson Aldiss) was born on August 18th, 1925. Brian passed away August 19th, 2017 at 92 years old. Brian W. Aldiss was born in Dereham, Norfolk, England.

Brian W. Aldiss had written 36 standalone novels, starting with Starswarm in 1954. The most recently released novel was The Malacia Tapestry, which was released in 2014.

Brian W. Aldiss also wrote the Short Story Collections series which has 35 books including Space, Time and Nathaniel and No Time Like Tomorrow.

Brian W. Aldiss: Awards & Accolades

Brian W. Aldiss won the World Fantasy Award, Convention Award, in 2013.

Aldiss' book, Trillion Year Spree won the Hugo Award, Best Related Work, in 1987.

Brian W. Aldiss books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Pale Shadow of Science was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Related Work, in 1986. Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Related Work, in 1991. The God Who Slept With Women was nominated for the World Fantasy Award, Novella, in 1995. The Secret of This Book / Common Clay was nominated for the World Fantasy Award, Collection, in 1996. xo Orpheus was nominated for the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2014.

Brian W. Aldiss: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Hothouse / The Long Afternoon of Earth was an AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books Selection in 2021.
  • Life in the West was a Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 Selection in 1984.

Related Authors

Fans of Brian W. Aldiss also enjoy these authors:

  1. Ray Bradbury, author of: Fahrenheit 451.
  2. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  3. Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Series.
  4. Arthur C. Clarke, author of the Space Odyssey Series.
  5. Robert A. Heinlein, author of: Stranger in a Strange Land.

Brian W. Aldiss: F.A.Q

When was Brian W. Aldiss Born?

Brian W. Aldiss was born on August 18th, 1925.

When did Brian W. Aldiss die?

Brian W. Aldiss died on August 19th, 2017 at 92 years old.

Where was Brian W. Aldiss Born?

Brian W. Aldiss was born in Dereham, Norfolk, England.

What awards has Brian W. Aldiss won?

Brian W. Aldiss has won the following awards: Convention Award at the World Fantasy Award (2013).

What book awards has Brian W. Aldiss won?

Aldiss' book, Trillion Year Spree won the award Hugo Award, Best Related Work, in 1987.

What was the first book Brian W. Aldiss wrote?

The first book written by Brian W. Aldiss was Starswarm, published in 1954.

What was the most recent book Brian W. Aldiss wrote?

His most recently released work was Hello Earth, Are You There? on December 4th, 2025.

What is the most popular book by Brian W. Aldiss?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Brian W. Aldiss book is Hothouse / The Long Afternoon of Earth. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Hothouse / The Long Afternoon of Earth (8)
  2. Helliconia Spring (8)
  3. Non-Stop / Starship (8)
  4. Greybeard (9)
  5. Earthworks (6)

How many books has Brian W. Aldiss written?

Brian W. Aldiss has written 107 books across 16 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Horatio Stubbs Series
  • 4 books in The Squire Quartet Series
  • 3 books in the Helliconia Series
  • 36 Standalone Novels
  • 35 Short Story Collections
  • 6 Best SF Anthologies
  • 17 Non-Fiction
  • 1 book in the Faber Stories Series
  • 2 Short Stories/Novellas

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