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British science fiction author (1960–2023)
Eric Brown (24 May 1960 – 21 March 2023) was a British
science fiction author and
Guardian critic.
[1]
Biography
Eric Brown was born in
Haworth ,
Yorkshire , in May 1960,
[2] and began writing in 1975. In the 1980s he travelled extensively throughout Greece and Asia (some of his novels are set in India).
[3] His first publication was in 1982, when his play for children Noel's Ark appeared.
His career took off in the late 1980s with a succession of short stories in the magazine
Interzone and other publications. His story "The Time-Lapsed Man" won the Interzone readers' poll for the most admired story of 1988, and an
Eastercon short text award in 1995. He was voted the
Best New European SF writer of the Year in the early 1990s and subsequently won the
British Science Fiction Award twice (for the short stories "Hunting the Slarque" in 1999 and "Children of Winter" in 2001).
[4]
Brown publicly admired the science fiction writing of
Michael G. Coney ,
[5]
Robert Silverberg ,
Richard Paul Russo and
Robert Charles Wilson ,
[6] amongst others.
Brown died from
sepsis on 21 March 2023, at the age of 62.
[7]
Bibliography
Novels
Meridian Days . London: Pan, 1992 (paper).
ISBN
0-330-32287-7
Engineman . London: Pan, 1994 (paper).
ISBN
0-330-33043-8
Penumbra . London: Millennium, 1999 (paper).
ISBN
1-85798-592-3
the Virex trilogy
Bengal Station . Waterville, ME: Five Star Books, 2004.
ISBN
1-59414-212-2
Helix . Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2007 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-84416-472-1
Kéthani . Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2008 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-84416-473-8
Bengal Station
Engineman . Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2010 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-907519-42-0
Guardians of the Phoenix . Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2010 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-907519-14-7
The Kings of Eternity . Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2011 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-907519-71-0
Weird Space: The Devil's Nebula . Abaddon, 2012 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-78108-023-8
Helix Wars . Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2012 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-78108-049-8
Serene Invasion . Abaddon, 2013 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-78108-092-4
[8]
Weird Space: Satan's Reach . Abaddon, 2013 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-78108-131-0
[9]
Weird Space: The Baba Yaga . Abaddon, 2015 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-78108-364-2
Novellas
Collections
The Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories . London: Pan, 1990 (paper).
ISBN
0-330-31366-5
Blue Shifting . London: Pan, 1995 (paper).
ISBN
0-330-33590-1
Parallax View , with
Keith Brooke . Mountain Ash, Wales: Sarob Press, 2000.
ISBN
1-902309-12-X
Deep Future . Canton, OH: Cosmos Books, 2001.
ISBN
1-58715-441-2
The Fall of Tartarus . London: Gollancz, 2005 (paper).
ISBN
0-575-07618-6
Threshold Shift . Urbana, IL: Golden Gryphon Press, 2006.
ISBN
1-930846-43-6
Parallax View ,
[10] with
Keith Brooke . Stafford: Immanion Press, 2007 (paper).
ISBN
978-1-904853-42-8
Salvage . Infinity Plus Books, 2013 (paper).
[11]
Starship Seasons . Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2013.
ISBN
978-1-848636-02-6 - A collection of the first four Starship novellas.
Children's books
References
External resources
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