Brian Aldiss
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- Born
- 1925-08-18
- Died
- 2017-08-19
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Brian Wilson Aldiss was an English writer and anthologies editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. The prolific writer behind more than 80 books and editor of 40 anthologies. His numerous short stories include "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long", which was adapted into the Steven Spielberg film "AI".
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- Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey — self2022
- The Real History of Science Fiction — Himself2014
- The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick — Self2007
- On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' — Self2000
- The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' — Self1999
- Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife — Self - Interviewee1994
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
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Brian Aldiss was born in 1925 in Oxford, England. He began publishing short stories in the mid-1950s, and within a few years had embarked on a succession of SF novels that made him a name in Science-Fiction. In the 60s he was associated with the U.K.'s New Wave, and since then he has remained a literary experimenter. Somewhat unique in the realm of Science-Fiction, Aldiss is also a historian of the genre. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Brian+Aldiss">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
· 1991 · cited 26,448x
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,129x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,765x
- Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
· 1977 · cited 17,772x
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Key facts
- Born
- Brian Wilson Aldiss , ( 1925-08-18 ) 18 August 1925, East Dereham , Norfolk, England
- Died
- 19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) (aged 92), Oxford , England
- Pen name
- Jael Cracken Dr. Peristyle C. C. Shackleton
- Occupation
- Writer editor artist
- Period
- 1954–2017
- Genre
- Science-fiction
- Notable works
- Non-Stop Hothouse Helliconia trilogy " Supertoys Last All Summer Long "
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Key dates
- Born
- 18 August 1925
- Died
- 19 August 2017
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Brian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Dereham
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- journalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Hothouse
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Brian Wilson Aldiss (/ˈɔːldɪs/; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science-fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s.
Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss was a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. He was co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group with Harry Harrison. Aldiss was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1999 and inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004. He received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He wrote the short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" (1969), the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). Aldiss was associated with the British New Wave of science fiction.
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