Brian Aldiss

Brian Wilson Aldiss is basically an English writer who was born on the 18th of august 1925. He is an anthology editor and an English writer who is best known for his short stories and science fiction novels. He was married to Margaret Manson from 1965 to 1997 and Olive Fortesque from 1948 to 1965 His Early Life and Career Brian Aldiss father ran a store department that had been established by his grandfather; his whole family lived above that store.

The best place to start is the Best SF Anthologies series, the earliest of Brian Aldiss's multi-book series: it opens with Best SF: 1968 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 2 (1969) and runs to 6 books across 1969–1976, ending with Best SF: 1975 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 9 (1976). Brian Aldiss's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Brian Aldiss has 231 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1954 and 2025. 63 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Best SF Anthologies series with 6 books — and 168 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Brian Aldiss's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Best SF Anthologies (1969–1976, 6 books), Horatio Stubbs (1970–1978, 3 books) and The Squire Quartet (1980–1994, 4 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Brian Aldiss's 231 books into 6 named series and 168 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Best SF Anthologies (6 books, 1969–1976); The Squire Quartet (4 books, 1980–1994); Horatio Stubbs (3 books, 1970–1978); Helliconia (3 books, 1982–1985); Faber Stories (28 books, 1955–2019), plus 1 further series.