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Brian Aldiss

Brian W. Aldiss (1925-2017) was an English writer known for his science fiction novels and short stories. He was influenced by the works of H.G. Wells, Robert Heinlein, and later Philip K. Dick during his youth. Before becoming a writer, Aldiss served in the Royal Signals during World War II, where he experienced combat. After the war, he worked as a bookseller and began writing short stories for a trade journal, which caught the attention of an editor at Faber and Faber. His career was marked by numerous honors, including being named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, his induction into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and receiving two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Aldiss made his debut as a novelist in 1954 with the book Starswarm. Below is a list of Brian Aldiss’ works in the order of their original publication.

Brian Aldiss became a published novelist in 1954 with the novel Starswarm. Below is a list of Brian Aldiss's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Horatio Stubbs Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Hand-Reared Boy (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Soldier Erect (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Rude Awakening (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Squire Quartet Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Life in the West (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Forgotten Life (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Remembrance Day (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Somewhere East of Life (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Helliconia Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Helliconia Spring (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Helliconia Summer (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Helliconia Winter (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Starswarm (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Brightfount Diaries (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Non-Stop / Starship (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Vanguard From Alpha (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bow Down to Nul / The Interpreter (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hothouse / The Long Afternoon of Earth (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Male Response (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Primal Urge (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dark Light Years (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Greybeard (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Earthworks (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cryptozoic! / An Age (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Report on Probability A (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Barefoot in the Head (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Neanderthal Planet (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Frankenstein Unbound (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Eighty-Minute Hour (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Enemies of the System (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Moreau's Other Island (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Island Called Moreau (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales from the Planet Earth (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year Before Yesterday / Cracken at Critical (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ruins (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sex and the Black Machine (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dracula Unbound (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
White Mars (With: Roger Penrose) (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cretan Teat (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Super State (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Affairs At Hampden Ferrers (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jocasta (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sanity and the Lady (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Harm (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Walcot (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Finches of Mars (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Comfort Zone (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Malacia Tapestry (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hothouse (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Space, Time and Nathaniel (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Time Like Tomorrow (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand / The Canopy of Time (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Airs of Earth (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Saliva Tree (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Who Can Replace a Man? (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Intangibles, Inc.: And Other Stories (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Intangibles Inc. And Other Stories (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Moment of Eclipse (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Comic Inferno / The Book of Brian Aldiss (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Equator (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brothers of the Head (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Last Orders (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pile (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Arrivals, Old Encounters (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Foreign Bodies (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Farewell to a Child (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seasons in Flight (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Tupolev Too Far and Other Stories (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Magic of the Past (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science Fiction Blues (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Man in His Time (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
At the Caligula Hotel (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Secret of This Book / Common Clay (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The God Who Slept With Women (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dark Sun Rises (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cultural Breaks (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Prehistory of Mind (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mortal Morning (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Invention of Happiness (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Songs from the Steppes (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Complete Short Stories: The 1950s (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 1) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 2) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Best SF Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Best SF: 1968 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 2 (With: Robert Sheckley,Harry Harrison) (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Best SF: 1969 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 3 (With: Harry Harrison) (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Best SF: 1970 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 4 (With: Harry Harrison) (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Best SF: 1971 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 5 (With: Harry Harrison) (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Best SF: 1975 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 9 (With: Harry Harrison) (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Shape of Further Things (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Billion Year Spree (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science Fiction Art (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
This World and Nearer Ones (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pale Shadow of Science (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trillion Year Spree (With: David Wingrove) (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And the Lurid Glare of the Comet/Articles and Autobiography (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Detached Retina (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Home Life With Cats (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When The Feast Is Finished (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Twinkling of an Eye or My Life as an Englishman (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Art After Apogee (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Plutonian Monologue (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Starry Messenger (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Exile on Planet Earth (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Twinkling of an Eye (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Faber Stories Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Three Types of Solitude (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Chinese Perspective (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A New (Governmental) Father Christmas (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Penguin Science Fiction (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Best Fantasy Stories (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More Penguin Science Fiction (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Eighth Galaxy Reader (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Unease (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nebula Award Stories #2 (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Introducing Science Fiction (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Farewell, Fantastic Venus / All About Venus (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Backdrop of Stars (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Inner Landscape (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dangerous Visions 1 (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3 (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nova 1 (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
On Our Way to the Future (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
SF Authors' Choice 2 (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science Against Man (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Astounding Analog Reader (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
This Side of Infinity (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alpha 3 (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year's Best Science Fiction (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Orbit 12 (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Factions (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Space Odysseys (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Decade: The 1940's (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tomorrow: New Worlds of Science Fiction (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Worlds Nine (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Writings in SF 27 (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Evil Earths (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gollancz-Sunday Times Best SF Stories (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hell's Cartographers (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Worlds 6 (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Antigrav (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Andromeda 1 (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Decade: The 1950s (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Galactic Empires 2 (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beyond Tomorrow (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Decade: The 1960s (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Algol The Magazine About Science Fiction - Winter 1977 / 1978 (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Perilous Planets (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Winter's Tales 26 (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Perpetual Light (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of Mini-Sagas (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales From the Forbidden Planet (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gaslight & Ghosts (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of Mini-Sagas 2 (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Drabble Project (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dark Fantasies (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Now We Are Sick (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dante's Disciples (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Amis Story Anthology (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Invaders! (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Worlds 1 (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Worlds No. 221 (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1997 (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mini Sagas 1999 (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nebula Awards 35 (2001) (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mini-Sagas (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011 (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Catastrophia (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
xo Orpheus (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Four For Fantasy (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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