Eric Brown (writer)

Eric Brown (24 May 1960 – 21 March 2023) was a British science fiction author and Guardian critic.

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 1980s with a succession of short stories in the 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 Best New European SF writer of the Year in the early 1990s and subsequently won the British Science Fiction Award twice (for the short stories "Hunting the Slarque" in 1999 and "Children of Winter" in 2001).

Brown publicly admired the science fiction writing of Michael G. Coney, Robert Silverberg, Richard Paul Russo and Robert Charles Wilson, amongst others.

Brown died from sepsis on 21 March 2023, at the age of 62.

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
 * Weird Space: The Devil's Nebula. Abaddon, 2012 (paper). ISBN 978-1-78108-023-8
 * Helix Wars. Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2012 (paper). ISBN 978-1-78108-049-8
 * Serene Invasion. Abaddon, 2013 (paper). ISBN 978-1-78108-092-4
 * Weird Space: Satan's Reach. Abaddon, 2013 (paper). ISBN 978-1-78108-131-0
 * Weird Space: The Baba Yaga. Abaddon, 2015 (paper). ISBN 978-1-78108-364-2
 * The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Martian Menace. Titan Books, 2020. ISBN 978-1-78909-295-0

Novellas

 * A Writer's Life. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-902880-21-8
 * Approaching Omega. Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-903889-99-5
 * The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-904619-35-5
 * Gilbert and Edgar on Mars. Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-906301-67-5
 * Starship
 * Starship Summer. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-905834-49-5
 * Starship Fall. Harrogate: NewCon Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-907069-02-4
 * Starship Winter. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84863-314-8
 * Starship Spring. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84863-488-6
 * Starship Coda. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-1-848639-79-9
 * The Telemass Quartet
 * Famadihana on Fomalhaut IV. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-848637-61-0
 * Sacrifice on Spica III. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-848637-89-4
 * Reunion on Alpha Reticuli II. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-1-848639-76-8
 * Exalted on Bellatrix 1. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1-786361-05-9
 * Telemass Coda. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2019. ISBN 978-1-786364-22-7
 * The Kon-tiki Quartet, with Keith Brooke
 * Dislocations. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-1-786363-14-5
 * Parasites. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-1-786363-47-3
 * Insights. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2019. ISBN 978-1-786363-76-3

Collections

 * The Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories. London: Pan, 1990 (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, with Keith Brooke. Stafford: Immanion Press, 2007 (paper). ISBN 978-1-904853-42-8
 * Salvage. Infinity Plus Books, 2013 (paper).
 * Starship Seasons. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-1-848636-02-6 - A collection of the first four Starship novellas.

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

External resources

 * Official website
 * 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.
 * Fantastic Fiction page on Eric Brown
 * Ghostwriting review
 * Serene Invasion review
 * Eric Brown : Story behind The Serene Invasion - Online Essay at Upcoming4.me
 * Eric Brown : Story behind Satan's Reach - Online Essay at Upcoming4.me
 * Eric Brown : Story behind Salvage - Online Essay at Upcoming4.me
 * Eric Brown : Story behind Murder by the Book - Online Essay at Upcoming4.me
 * The story behind Jani and the Greater Game - Essay by Eric Brown at Upcoming4.me
 * The story behind Jani and the Greater Game - Essay by Eric Brown at Upcoming4.me