Guide to the Brian Aldiss Collection, 2004-2009 Descriptive Summary

Guide to the Brian Aldiss collection, 2004-2009 Descriptive Summary

Title : Brian Aldiss collection Creator: Aldiss, Brian Wilson (1925-2017) Dates : 2004-2009 ID Number : A45 Size: 3 boxes Abstract: The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, manuscript and typescript drafts of approximately thirty books and short stories, biographical works, and some of personal logs. Language(s): English

Repository: Special Collections University of South Florida Libraries 4202 East Fowler Ave., LIB122 Tampa, Florida 33620 Phone: 813-974-2731 - Fax: 813-396-9006 Contact Special Collections Administrative Summary

Provenance: Aldiss, Brian Wilson, 1925-2017 Acquisition Donation Information: Access Conditions: Access to series 1, subseries 2 "Personal Correspondence" (box 1, folders 4 to 7), is restricted. Written permission from the director of Special & Digital Collections is required to view the materials. Use Conditions: The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information. Preferred Citation: Brian Aldiss Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Biographical Note Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, is a science fiction author, a mainstream novelist, a poet, an essayist, a dramatist, a science fiction historian, and a critic whose work has been published in dozens of countries around the world. He was born on August 18, 1925 in Dereham, Norfolk, England. In 1943, he was drafted by the Army and was sent to the Britannia Barrack, Norwich; after his training, he joined the Royal Corps of Signals at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire. In 1944, he was transferred abroad and served in India, Assam, Burma, Sumatra, Singapore, and Hong Kong. His experiences here provided material for a number of his books and stories, including the Horatio Stubbs series. Aldiss made his first professional sale in 1954 and published his first book, The Brightfount Diaries, in 1955. He helped found the Oxford University Speculative Fiction Group with C.S. Lewis in 1960. He received OBE (Officer of the British Empire) from Queen Elizabeth in 2005 for services to literature. He has written over a hundred books, many of which have been nominated for and won several awards, including the Nebula, the Locus, the Hugo, and the British Science Fiction Best Novel.

Arrangement Series. Subject Headings

Personal Names: Aldiss, Brian Wilson, 1925- Subject Terms: Fiction Science fiction

COLLECTION CONTENTS

Series 1 : Correspondence, 2004-2009

Sub-Series : Professional Correspondence, April 2006 to October 2009. BOX 1 FOLDER 1 : April 2006 to July 2006. FOLDER 2 : July 2006 to October 2006. FOLDER 3 : October 2006 to October 2009.

Sub-Series : Personal Correspondence, April 2004 to May 2009. BOX 1 FOLDER 4 : April 2004 to May 2006. FOLDER 5 : May 2006 to July 2006. FOLDER 6 : July 2006 to August 2006. FOLDER 7 : August 2006 to October 2006. FOLDER 8 : October 2006 to November 2006. FOLDER 9 : November 2006 to May 2009. FOLDER 10 : Undated.

Series 2 : Manuscripts

BOX 2

FOLDER 1 : Benkoelen FOLDER 2 : Velasquez Mixes Burnt Umber FOLDER 3 : Indoors with Delilah FOLDER 4 : I'll Never Be 80 Again and Ghosts of the Aldiss Family FOLDER 5 : The Day of the Doomed King, Friendship Bridge, and The 'O' in Jose FOLDER 6 : Comfort Zone, Small Stones of Tu Fu, and Judas Danced FOLDER 7 : Headless, A Romance of the Equator, and In My Day FOLDER 8 : The Girl Who Sang, Tarzan of the Alps, and Old Hundredth FOLDER 9 : How the Gates Opened and Closed, Byron and His Copyist, and The Godwin Family FOLDER 10 : All the Planets of the Zodiac FOLDER 11 : Some Finches on Mars? FOLDER 12 : Finches of Mars - 1 FOLDER 13 : Finches of Mars - 2

BOX 3

FOLDER 1 : HG Wells keynote speech and The Conference of the Fantastic FOLDER 2 : Bodleian essays, Meeting the Artist, and A Way of Publishing FOLDER 3 : Miscellaneous Introductions and Bibliographies FOLDER 4 : Miscellaneous writings

Series 3 : Biographical Materials

BOX 3

FOLDER 5 : 1 FOLDER 6 : 2

Series 4 : Miscellaneous Scope/Content: Contains poetry, newspapers, magazines, and other items.

BOX 3

FOLDER 7 : Miscellaneous