Brian Aldiss Summary

British novelist Brian W. Aldiss is "one of the most important SF writers of the 20th century and a noted mainstream novelist and literary critic as well," according to a contributor to Publishers Wee... Read more

Brian W. Aldiss has led a long, successful life as author, critic, bon vivant, world traveler, and raconteur. He has also, by his own example, been a key figure in leading science fiction out of its g... Read more

Critical Essay by Damon Knight The failure of most recent s.f. novels to say anything new and important, or even very interesting, makes a novel like Brian W. Aldiss's Vanguard from Alpha, fla... Read more

Critical Essay by Paul Ableman Enemies of the System is essentially derivative, almost a lash-up of elements from Huxley, Wells, Orwell, anthropological accounts of cargo cults and so on. It does not... Read more

Critical Essay by Lorna Sage Brian Aldiss is astonishingly prolific, and surprisingly humane and solid. The first characteristic he shares with other science fiction writers …, but the other q... Read more

In the following analysis of The Pale Shadow of Science and Seasons in Flight, Herbert praises Aldiss's writing, which she characterizes as "exciting, mature, insightful, and filled with... Read more