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Brian Aldiss: the pre-eminent science-fiction writer – and always a gentleman

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 | 8:01 AM

Neil Gaiman remembers the ‘grand old man’ of sci-fi, whose death at the age of 92 was announced earlier in the week, as a ‘genially opinionated giant’

I encountered Brian Aldiss when I was a boy. I liked him as a writer, but even more than I enjoyed his writing, I loved his editorial choices: his influence on Penguin’s science fiction through the 1960s was immeasurable, and he introduced me to many of my favourite writers.

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