Brian (Wilson) Aldiss

Education

At the age of 6, Brian was sent to board at West Buckland School in Devon, which he attended until his late teens. Framlingham College.

Career

Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss is a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. He is also (with Harry Harrison) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. Aldiss was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2000, and has received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award. His writings have been compared to those of Isaac Asimov, Greg Bear and Arthur C. Clarke[by whom?. His influential works include the short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long", the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. President British Science Fiction Association 1960-1965. Joint-President European Science Fiction Committees 1976-1980. Chairman John W. Campbell Memorial.

Chairman Committee of Manager Society of Authors 1977-1978. Chairman Cultural Exchanges Committee of Authors 1978. Judge, Booker McCon nell.

President World SF since 1982. Vice-President H. G. Wells Society, Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding. Hugo; Writer 1969, British Science Fiction Association.

Works

• autobiography

  • Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's: A Writing Life

• book

  • The Twinkling of an Eye: My Life As an Englishman

  • The Moment of Eclipse

  • Space, Time and Nathaniel

  • The Canopy of Time

  • No Time Like Tomorrow

  • The Airs of Earth

  • The Saliva Tree and other strange growths

• essay

  • The Pale Shadow Of Science

• novel

  • The Interpreter

  • Walcot

• poem

  • Pile

Membership

Literature Advisory' Panel, Arts Council 1978-1980.

• Fellow Royal Society Lit.; International Institute Study of Time

• International Association for the Fantastic in Arts

• World Sci. Fiction Society (president 1982-84)

  1982 - 1984

• British Sci. Fiction Association (president 1960-64, Britain's Most Popular Sci. Fiction Author Special award 1964)

  1960 - 1964

• Sci. Fiction Writers American (Grand Master of Sci. Fiction 2000)

• Sci. Fiction Research Association (Pilgrim award 1978)

Interests

• The past, the future.

Connections

Married 2nd Margaret Manson in 1965.

Father:

Stanley

Mother:

May

Wife:

Olive Fortescue

Son:

Clive

Daughter:

Wendy

the second wife:

Margaret Manson

Son:

Tim

Daughter:

Charlotte