Editing Eric Brown (writer)

{{Short description|British science fiction author (1960–2023)}}
{{sources|date=November 2010}}

'''Eric Brown''' (24 May 1960 – 21 March 2023) was a British [[science fiction]] author and ''[[The Guardian]]'' critic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solarisbooks.com/authors/author_details/eric_brown|title=Eric Brown|publisher=Solaris Books|access-date=20 November 2010}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Eric Brown was born in [[Haworth]], [[Yorkshire]], in May 1960,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clute |first1=John. |title=Brown, Eric |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brown_eric |website=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |publisher=SFE Ltd/Ansible Editions |access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref> and began writing in 1975. In the 1980s he travelled extensively throughout Greece and Asia (some of his novels are set in India).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/04/eric-brown-interview/|title = Eric Brown Interview|date = 26 April 2013}}</ref> His first publication was in 1982, when his play for children ''Noel's Ark'' appeared.

His career took off in the late 1980s with a succession of short stories in the magazine [[Interzone (magazine)|''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 [[European Science Fiction Society|Best New European SF writer of the Year]] in the early 1990s and subsequently won the [[BSFA Award]] twice (for the short stories "Hunting the Slarque" in 1999 and  "Children of Winter" in 2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsfa.co.uk/Awards/BSFAAwardsPastAwards.aspx|title=BSFA Awards: Past Awards|publisher=The British Science Fiction Association|access-date=20 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002714/http://www.bsfa.co.uk/Awards/BSFAAwardsPastAwards.aspx|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref>

Brown publicly admired the science fiction writing of [[Michael G. Coney]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/inteb07.htm|title = Eric Brown interviewed - infinity plus non-fiction}}</ref> [[Robert Silverberg]], [[Richard Paul Russo]] and [[Robert Charles Wilson]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/interview-eric-brown/|title = Interview: Eric Brown|date = 6 May 2009}}</ref> amongst others.

Brown died from [[sepsis]] on 21 March 2023, at the age of 62.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eric Brown, science fiction author and Guardian critic, dies aged 62 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/23/eric-brown-science-fiction-author-and-guardian-critic-dies-aged-62 |work=The Guardian |date=23 March 2023}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
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=== Novels ===
* ''Meridian Days''. London: Pan, 1992 (paper). {{ISBN|9780330322874}}
* ''Engineman''. London: Pan, 1994 (paper). {{ISBN|9780330330435}}
* ''Penumbra''. London: Millennium, 1999 (paper). {{ISBN|9781857985924}}
* the Virex trilogy
** ''New York Nights''. London: Gollancz, 2000. {{ISBN|9780575068728}}
** ''New York Blues''. London: Gollancz, 2001. {{ISBN|9780575068735}}
** ''New York Dreams''. London: Gollancz, 2004 (paper). {{ISBN|9780575074941}}
* ''Bengal Station''. Waterville, ME: Five Star Books, 2004. {{ISBN|9781594142123}}
* ''Helix''. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2007 (paper). {{ISBN|9781844164721}}
* ''Kéthani''. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2008 (paper). {{ISBN|9781844164738}}
* Bengal Station
** ''Necropath''. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2009 (paper). {{ISBN|9781844166497}}
** ''Xenopath''. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2010 (paper). {{ISBN|9781844167425}}
** ''Cosmopath''. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2010 (paper). {{ISBN|9781844168323}}
* ''Engineman''. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2010 (paper). {{ISBN|9781907519420}}
* ''Guardians of the Phoenix''. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2010 (paper). {{ISBN|9781907519147}}
* ''The Kings of Eternity''. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2011 (paper). {{ISBN|9781907519710}}
* ''Weird Space: The Devil's Nebula''. Abaddon, 2012 (paper). {{ISBN|9781781080238}} 
* ''Helix Wars''. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2012 (paper). {{ISBN|9781781080498}}
* ''Serene Invasion''. Abaddon, 2013 (paper). {{ISBN|9781781080924}} <ref>{{cite web |publisher=Upcoming4.me |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/eric-brown-the-serene-invasion-cover-art-release-date-reveal |title=Eric Brown - The Serene Invasion cover art, release date reveal! |date=10 October 2012 |access-date=23 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822161803/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/eric-brown-the-serene-invasion-cover-art-release-date-reveal |archive-date=22 August 2012 }}</ref>
* ''Weird Space: Satan's Reach''. Abaddon, 2013 (paper). {{ISBN|9781781081310}} <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Upcoming4.me |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/eric-brown-s-satan-s-reach-cover-art-synopsis-and-release-date-unveiled |title=Eric Brown's Satan's Reach cover art, synopsis and release date unveiled! |date=22 November 2012 |access-date=23 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215755/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/eric-brown-s-satan-s-reach-cover-art-synopsis-and-release-date-unveiled |archive-date=6 June 2014 }}</ref>
* ''Weird Space: The Baba Yaga''. Abaddon, 2015 (paper). {{ISBN|9781781083642}}
* ''The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Martian Menace''. Titan Books, 2020. {{ISBN|9781789092950}}

=== Novellas ===
* ''A Writer's Life''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|9781902880211}}
* ''Approaching Omega''. Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2005. {{ISBN|9781903889992}}
* ''The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2005. {{ISBN|9781904619352}}
* ''Gilbert and Edgar on Mars''. Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2009. {{ISBN|9781906301675}}
* Starship
** ''Starship Summer''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2007. {{ISBN|9781905834495}}
** ''Starship Fall''. Harrogate: NewCon Press, 2009. {{ISBN|9781907069024}}
** ''Starship Winter''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2012. {{ISBN|9781848633148}} 
** ''Starship Spring''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2012. {{ISBN|9781848634886}}
** ''Starship Coda''.  Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2016. {{ISBN|9781848639799}}
* The Telemass Quartet
** ''Famadihana on Fomalhaut IV''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2014. {{ISBN|9781848637610}}
** ''Sacrifice on Spica III''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2014. {{ISBN|9781848637894}}
** ''Reunion on Alpha Reticuli II''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2016. {{ISBN|9781848639768}}
** ''Exalted on Bellatrix 1''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2017. {{ISBN|9781786361059}}
** ''Telemass Coda''.  Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2019. {{ISBN|9781786364227}}
* The Kon-tiki Quartet, with [[Keith Brooke]]
** ''Dislocations''.  Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2018. {{ISBN|9781786363145}}
** ''Parasites''.  Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2018. {{ISBN|9781786363473}}
** ''Insights''.  Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2019. {{ISBN|9781786363763}}

=== Collections ===
* ''The Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories''. London: Pan, 1990 (paper). {{ISBN|9780330313667}}
* ''Blue Shifting''. London: Pan, 1995 (paper). {{ISBN|9780330335904}}
* ''Parallax View'', with [[Keith Brooke]]. Mountain Ash, Wales: Sarob Press, 2000. {{ISBN|9781902309125}}
* ''Deep Future''. Canton, OH: Cosmos Books, 2001. {{ISBN|9781587154416}}
* ''The Fall of Tartarus''. London: Gollancz, 2005 (paper). {{ISBN|9780575076181}}
* ''Threshold Shift''. Urbana, IL: Golden Gryphon Press, 2006. {{ISBN|9781930846432}}
* ''Parallax View'',<ref>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.</ref> with [[Keith Brooke]]. Stafford: Immanion Press, 2007 (paper). {{ISBN|9781904853428}}
* ''Salvage''. Infinity Plus Books, 2013 (paper).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Upcoming4.me |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/eric-brown-salvage-cover-art-and-synopsis-reveal |title=Eric Brown - Salvage cover art and synopsis reveal! |date=17 May 2013 |access-date=25 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621151641/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/eric-brown-salvage-cover-art-and-synopsis-reveal |archive-date=21 June 2015 }}</ref>
* ''Starship Seasons''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2013. {{ISBN|9781848636026}} - A collection of the first four Starship novellas.

=== Children's books ===
* The Web
** ''Untouchable''. London: Dolphin, 1997 (paper). {{ISBN|9781858814261}}
** ''Walkabout''. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). {{ISBN|9781858816432}}
* ''Twocking''. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2002 (paper). {{ISBN|9781842990421}}
* ''Firebug''. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2003 (paper). {{ISBN|9781842991039}}
* ''British Front''. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2005 (paper). {{ISBN|9781842992876}}
* ''Space Ace''. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2005 (paper). {{ISBN|9781842992944}}
* ''Crazy Love''. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2006 (paper). {{ISBN|9781842993675}}
* ''Revenge (Most Wanted)''. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2007 (paper). {{ISBN|9781842995006}}

==References==
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==External resources==
* [http://www.ericbrown.co.uk/ Official website]
* {{isfdb name|id=Eric_Brown|name=Eric Brown}}
* [https://www.freesfonline.net/authors/Eric_Brown.html Eric Brown's online fiction] at ''Free Speculative Fiction Online''
* ''[[Infinity Plus]]'' has a [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/misc/eb.htm short profile of Eric Brown], as well as an [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/inteb.htm interview] conducted by [[Keith Brooke]] and an earlier [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intebkb.htm conversation] between the two, and Brooke's [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/introduces/ericbrown.htm introduction] to Brown's collection ''Deep Future''.
*[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/eric-brown/ Fantastic Fiction page on Eric Brown]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120922060058/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/review-eric-brown-ghostwriting Ghostwriting review]
*[http://upcoming4.me/item/10535-review-eric-brown-the-serene-invasion Serene Invasion review]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150621161914/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/story-behind-the-serene-invasion-by-eric-brown Eric Brown : Story behind The Serene Invasion - Online Essay] at Upcoming4.me
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130813235540/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/story-behind-satans-reach-by-eric-brown Eric Brown : Story behind Satan's Reach - Online Essay] at Upcoming4.me
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130814020026/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/story-behind-salvage-by-eric-brown Eric Brown : Story behind Salvage - Online Essay] at Upcoming4.me
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130830003134/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/story-behind-murder-by-the-book-by-eric-brown Eric Brown : Story behind Murder by the Book - Online Essay] at Upcoming4.me
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113533/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-story-behind-jani-and-the-greater-game-by-eric-brown The story behind Jani and the Greater Game - Essay by Eric Brown] at Upcoming4.me

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