Book Series Guide

Brian W. Aldiss

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Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) was a prolific English writer whose work ranged across science fiction, experimental fiction, mainstream novels, short stories, poetry, memoir, literary criticism, and the history of science fiction. He was a leading British New Wave writer, author of the Helliconia trilogy, and recipient of numerous major science-fiction honors, including the title of SFWA Grand Master.

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Cover of Non-Stop

Non-Stop

A concise, accessible early novel and a strong introduction to Aldiss's science fiction.

Cover of Hothouse

Hothouse

A landmark Hugo-winning work showcasing Aldiss's inventive ecological science fiction.

Cover of Helliconia Spring

Helliconia Spring

The opening of his major Helliconia trilogy.

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The Hand-Reared Boy

The entry point to the autobiographical Horatio Stubbs sequence.

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The Horatio Stubbs Saga

A semi-autobiographical bildungsroman sequence following Horatio Stubbs from adolescence into adulthood.

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  1. 1 Cover of The Hand-Reared Boy
    The Hand-Reared Boy

    Book 1 · novel · 1970

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  2. 2 Cover of A Soldier Erect
    A Soldier Erect

    Book 2 · novel · 1971

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  3. 3 Cover of A Rude Awakening
    A Rude Awakening

    Book 3 · novel · 1978

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The Squire Quartet

A quartet of novels tracing the Squire family across twentieth-century European history.

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  1. 1 Cover of Life in the West
    Life in the West

    Book 1 · novel · 1980

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  2. 2 Cover of Forgotten Life
    Forgotten Life

    Book 2 · novel · 1988

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  3. 3 Cover of Remembrance Day
    Remembrance Day

    Book 3 · novel · 1993

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  4. 4 Cover of Somewhere East of Life
    Somewhere East of Life

    Book 4 · novel · 1994

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Helliconia

A trilogy set on the planet Helliconia during its immense cycle of seasons and changing civilizations.

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  1. 1 Cover of Helliconia Spring
    Helliconia Spring

    Book 1 · novel · 1982

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  2. 2 Cover of Helliconia Summer
    Helliconia Summer

    Book 2 · novel · 1983

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  3. 3 Cover of Helliconia Winter
    Helliconia Winter

    Book 3 · novel · 1985

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (37)
  1. The Brightfount Diaries

    novel · 1955

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    Non-Stop

    novel · 1958

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  3. Cover of The Male Response
    The Male Response

    novel · 1959

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  4. Cover of The Interpreter
    The Interpreter

    novel · 1960

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  5. Cover of The Primal Urge
    The Primal Urge

    novel · 1961

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  6. Cover of Hothouse
    Hothouse

    novel · 1962

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  7. Cover of The Dark Light Years
    The Dark Light Years

    novel · 1964

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  8. Cover of Greybeard
    Greybeard

    novel · 1964

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  9. Cover of Earthworks
    Earthworks

    novel · 1965

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  10. Cities and Stones: A Traveller's Yugoslavia

    nonfiction · 1966

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  11. Cover of An Age
    An Age

    novel · 1967

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  12. Cover of Report on Probability A
    Report on Probability A

    novel · 1967

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  13. Cover of Barefoot in the Head
    Barefoot in the Head

    novel · 1969

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  14. The Shape of Further Things: Speculations on Change

    nonfiction · 1970

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  15. Cover of Frankenstein Unbound
    Frankenstein Unbound

    novel · 1973

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  16. Cover of Billion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction
    Billion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction

    nonfiction · 1973

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  17. The Eighty Minute Hour

    novel · 1974

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  18. Cover of The Malacia Tapestry
    The Malacia Tapestry

    novel · 1976

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  19. Cover of Brothers of the Head
    Brothers of the Head

    graphic-novel · 1977

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  20. Cover of Enemies of the System
    Enemies of the System

    novel · 1978

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  21. Cover of Moreau's Other Island
    Moreau's Other Island

    novel · 1980

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  22. The Pale Shadow of Science

    nonfiction · 1985

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  23. Cover of Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction
    Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction

    nonfiction · 1986

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  24. ...And the Lurid Glare of the Comet

    nonfiction · 1986

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  25. Cover of Dracula Unbound
    Dracula Unbound

    novel · 1990

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  26. Cover of The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy
    The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy

    nonfiction · 1995

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  27. Cover of White Mars, or The Mind Set Free
    White Mars, or The Mind Set Free

    novel · 1999

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  28. Art After Apogee: The Relationships Between an Idea, a Story, a Painting

    nonfiction · 2000

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    Super-State

    novel · 2002

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  30. The Cretan Teat

    novel · 2002

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  31. Affairs at Hampden Ferrers

    novel · 2004

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  32. Jocasta

    novel · 2005

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  33. Sanity and the Lady

    novel · 2005

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  34. Cover of HARM
    HARM

    novel · 2007

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  35. Cover of Walcot
    Walcot

    novel · 2010

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  36. Cover of Finches of Mars
    Finches of Mars

    novel · 2012

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  37. Cover of Comfort Zone
    Comfort Zone

    novel · 2013

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Nonfiction (5)
  1. Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's: A Writing Life

    memoir · 1990

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  2. The Twinkling of an Eye, or My Life as an Englishman

    memoir · 1998

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  3. When the Feast Is Finished

    memoir · 1999

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  4. Celluloid Memoirs

    memoir

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  5. Researches and Churches in Serbia

    travel-writing

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Short fiction (22)
  1. Cover of Space, Time and Nathaniel
    Space, Time and Nathaniel

    short-story-collection · 1957

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  2. Cover of Equator
    Equator

    short-story-collection · 1958

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  3. Cover of The Canopy of Time
    The Canopy of Time

    short-story-collection · 1959

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  4. Cover of No Time Like Tomorrow
    No Time Like Tomorrow

    short-story-collection · 1959

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  5. Cover of The Airs of Earth
    The Airs of Earth

    short-story-collection · 1963

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  6. Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss

    short-story-collection · 1965

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  7. Cover of The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths
    The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths

    short-story-collection · 1966

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  8. Cover of The Moment of Eclipse
    The Moment of Eclipse

    short-story-collection · 1971

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  9. The Book of Brian Aldiss

    short-story-collection · 1972

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  10. Cover of New Arrivals, Old Encounters
    New Arrivals, Old Encounters

    short-story-collection · 1979

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  11. Foreign Bodies: Stories

    short-story-collection · 1981

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  12. Seasons in Flight

    short-story-collection · 1984

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  13. Cover of Ruins
    Ruins

    short-story-collection · 1987

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  14. The Magic of the Past

    short-story-collection · 1987

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  15. A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories

    short-story-collection · 1989

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  16. Bodily Functions

    short-story-collection · 1991

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  17. A Tupolev Too Far and Other Stories

    short-story-collection · 1994

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  18. The Secret of This Book: 20-Odd Stories

    short-story-collection · 1995

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  19. The Rain Will Stop

    short-story · 2000

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  20. Super-Toys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time

    short-story-collection · 2001

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  21. Cultural Breaks

    short-story-collection · 2005

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Essays and speeches (3)
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    Hell's Cartographers: Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers

    essay-collection · 1975

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  2. This World and Nearer Ones: Essays Exploring the Familiar

    essay-collection · 1979

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  3. Science Fiction as Science Fiction

    essay

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Poetry (11)
  1. Pile

    poetry · 1979

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  2. Home Life With Cats

    poetry · 1992

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  3. At the Caligula Hotel

    poetry · 1995

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  4. Songs from the Steppes of Central Asia

    poetry · 1995

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  5. A Plutonian Monologue on His Wife's Death

    poetry · 2000

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  6. At a Bigger House

    poetry · 2002

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  7. The Dark Sun Rises

    poetry · 2002

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  8. A Prehistory of Mind

    poetry · 2008

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  9. Mortal Morning

    poetry · 2011

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  10. Farewell to a Child

    poetry

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  11. Summer: 1773

    poetry

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Plays (1)
  1. Oedipus on Mars

    play

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Other (10)
  1. Item Eighty-Three: Brian W. Aldiss: A Bibliography 1954–1972

    bibliography · 1972

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  2. A Garland of First Lines

    chapbook · 1975

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  3. Excommunication

    chapbook

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  4. Journey to the Goat Star

    chapbook · 1991

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  5. Kindred Blood at Kensington Gore

    chapbook

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  6. My Country, 'Tis Not Only of Thee

    chapbook · 1986

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  7. The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD

    chapbook · 1980

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  8. Science Fiction Blues

    performance-text · 1988

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  9. Sex and the Black

    chapbook

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  10. Cover of A Romance of the Equator
    A Romance of the Equator

    chapbook · 1980

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