Brian Aldiss

Brian Aldiss (1925 - 2017) was a playwright, poet, editor and prolific short story writer. He published over 75 books, including the novels Hothouse, The Interpreter, The Primal Urge, The Dark Light Years, The Billion Year Spree, The Helliconia Trilogy, Harm and most recently Walcot (2009). His awards include the Hugo (twice), the Nebula, the Prix Jules Verne (Sweden), the Kurd Lasswitz Award (Germany), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and three BSFA awards. Several of his books, including Frankenstein Unbound, have been adapted for the cinema, and his short story, ‘Supertoys Last All Summer Long’, was adapted by Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg and released as the film AI in 2001.