Brian Aldiss

Brian Aldiss
Birth date:	18 August 1925
Death date:	19 August 2017
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	Writer
Stories:	Umwelts for Hire
Main time period active:	2010
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Non-Stop, The Canopy of Time, No Time Like Tomorrow, The Primal Urge, Hothouse, Greybeard, Earthworks, An Age, The Moment of Eclipse, The Horatio Stubbs Saga, Frankenstein Unbound, Squire quartet, Helliconia trilogy, Dracula Unbound, The Secret of This Book, Super-Toys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time, Jocasta, Walcot, Finches of Mars, Combat Zone
IMDb profile

Brian Wilson Aldiss (18 August 1925-19 August 2017) was a longstanding author of science fiction and criticism. He was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2005.

Aldiss was the author of the short story Umwelts for Hire in The Brilliant Book 2011. Aged 85 at the time of its publication, Aldiss was one of the oldest contributors of any kind to the Doctor Who franchise and one of its most prominent contributors (at least within the science fiction realm).

External links

• Brian Aldiss at the Internet Movie Database