Author. He was well known for writing science fiction and short stories including his 1969 work "Supertoys Last All Summer Long", which was the basis for the 2001 Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film, "AI: Artificial Intelligence". He started writing stories before he was 6. After graduating from Framlingham College, he served during World War II as a member of the Royal Signals and was stationed in Myanmar. After the war, he sold books in Oxford. He also began writing science fiction pieces for a number of magazines. His first book was 1955’s "The Brightfount Diaries", a novel in the form of a diary recounting the life of a bookshop sales associate. He would go on to write over one hundred books that included a wide area of writing during a career that span seven decades. The best known of his writing included "Space, Time, and Nathanial Faber" (1957), "No Time Like Tomorrow" (1959), "The Primal Urge" (1961), "The Moment of Eclipse" (1970), "Helliconia", a trilogy of the early to mid 1980s, and "Super-State Orbit" (2002). His last work was "Comfort Zone" (2013). He also edited a number of anthologies including "The Year’s Best Science Fiction" from 1968 to 1973. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1990. He was also honored as an officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday celebration in 2005. In the U.S., the Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 18th grand master in 2000.
Author. He was well known for writing science fiction and short stories including his 1969 work "Supertoys Last All Summer Long", which was the basis for the 2001 Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film, "AI: Artificial Intelligence". He started writing stories before he was 6. After graduating from Framlingham College, he served during World War II as a member of the Royal Signals and was stationed in Myanmar. After the war, he sold books in Oxford. He also began writing science fiction pieces for a number of magazines. His first book was 1955’s "The Brightfount Diaries", a novel in the form of a diary recounting the life of a bookshop sales associate. He would go on to write over one hundred books that included a wide area of writing during a career that span seven decades. The best known of his writing included "Space, Time, and Nathanial Faber" (1957), "No Time Like Tomorrow" (1959), "The Primal Urge" (1961), "The Moment of Eclipse" (1970), "Helliconia", a trilogy of the early to mid 1980s, and "Super-State Orbit" (2002). His last work was "Comfort Zone" (2013). He also edited a number of anthologies including "The Year’s Best Science Fiction" from 1968 to 1973. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1990. He was also honored as an officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday celebration in 2005. In the U.S., the Science Fiction Writers of America made him its 18th grand master in 2000.
Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
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