Eric Brown (writer)
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Eric Brown (born May 25, 1960) is a British science fiction author.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Eric Brown was born in Haworth, Yorkshire, in May 1960, and began writing in 1975. In the 1980s he travelled extensively throughout Greece and Asia (some of his novels are set in India). His first publication was in 1982, when his play for children, Noel's Ark, appeared.
His career took off in the late eighties with a succession of short stories in 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 nineties and has subsequently won the British Science Fiction Award twice (for the short stories Hunting the Slarque in 1999 and Children of Winter in 2001).[2] He should not be confused with Eric J. Brown, the co-author of The Effective CIO, a technical book on Information Technology.
He has publicly admired the science-fiction writing of Michael G. Coney, Robert Silverberg, Richard Paul Russo and Robert Charles Wilson, amongst others.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] 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
- New York Nights. London: Gollancz, 2000. ISBN 0-575-06872-8
- New York Blues. London: Gollancz, 2001. ISBN 0-575-06873-6
- New York Dreams. London: Gollancz, 2004 (paper). ISBN 0-575-07494-9
- 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
- Necropath. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2009 (paper). ISBN 978-1-84416-649-7
- Xenopath. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2010 (paper). ISBN 978-1-84416-742-5
- Cosmopath. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2010 (paper). ISBN 978-1-84416-832-3
- 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
[edit] Novellas
- A Writer's Life. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-902880-21-8
- Approaching Omega. Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1903889995
- The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-904619-35-5
- Starship Summer. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-905834-49-5
- Gilbert and Edgar on Mars. Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-906301-67-5
- Starship Fall. Harrogate: NewCon Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-907069-02-4
[edit] Collections
- The Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories. London: Pan, 1989 (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,[3] with Keith Brooke. Stafford: Immanion Press, 2007 (paper). ISBN 978-1-904853-42-8
[edit] Children's Books
- The Web
- Untouchable. London: Dolphin, 1997 (paper). ISBN 1-85881-426-X
- Walkabout. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). ISBN 1-85881-643-2
- Twocking. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2002 (paper). ISBN 1-84299-042-X
- Firebug. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2003 (paper). ISBN 1-84299-103-5
- British Front. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2005 (paper). ISBN 1-84299-287-2
- Space Ace. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2005 (paper). ISBN 1-84299-294-5
- Crazy Love. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2006 (paper). ISBN 1-84299-367-4
- Revenge (Most Wanted). Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2007 (paper). ISBN 978-1-84299-500-6
[edit] References
- ^ "Eric Brown". Solaris Books :. http://www.solarisbooks.com/authors/author_details/eric_brown. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "BSFA Awards: Past Awards". The British Science Fiction Association. http://www.bsfa.co.uk/Awards/BSFAAwardsPastAwards.aspx. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ New edition: it includes a new novella, 'In Transit', written with Keith Brooke, and drops the two solo Eric Brown stories of the first edition.
[edit] External resources
- Eric Brown's official website
- Eric Brown at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Eric Brown's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
- Infinity Plus has a short profile of Eric Brown, as well as an interview conducted by Keith Brooke and an earlier conversation between the two, and Brooke's introduction to Brown's collection Deep Future.
