Brian W. Aldiss
Aldiss, Brian Wilson
August 18, 1925 – August 19, 2017
East Dereham, Norfolk, England, UK
744 works, first published 1954
Served in the Royal Signal Corp in Burma and Sumatra during WWII. Afterward he worked as an assistant in a bookshop, and began writing fiction about the book trade, which was later collected in <i>The Brightfount Diaries</i>. He became editor of the <i>The Oxford Mail</i> in 1958, and was the first President of the British Science Fiction Association. Aldiss became closely aligned with the British New Wave in the mid 60's, while establishing himself as an important SF anthologist and critic.
Pen Names
B. T. H. Xerxes · Brajan Oldis · Brian Aldiss · Brian Aldiss, O.B.E. · Brian Wilson Aldiss · C. C. Shackleton · Dr. Peristyle · Jael Cracken · John Runciman