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). 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.
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). 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.
Genres: Science Fiction, Historical Mystery, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult Fiction,
Series
Starship
Starship Summer (2007)
Starship Fall (2009)
Starship Winter (2012)
Starship Seasons (2013)
Starship Coda (2016)
Starship Spring (2016)
Starship Summer (2007)
Starship Fall (2009)
Starship Winter (2012)
Starship Seasons (2013)
Starship Coda (2016)
Starship Spring (2016)
Weirdspace
1. The Devil's Nebula (2012)
2. Satan's Reach (2013)
The Baba Yaga (2015) (with Una McCormack)
1. The Devil's Nebula (2012)
2. Satan's Reach (2013)
The Baba Yaga (2015) (with Una McCormack)
Langham and Dupre Mystery
1. Murder by the Book (2013)
2. Murder at the Chase (2014)
3. Murder at the Loch (2016)
4. Murder Take Three (2017)
5. Murder Takes a Turn (2018)
6. Murder Served Cold (2018)
7. Murder by Numbers (2020)
8. Murder At Standing Stone Manor (2021)
9. Murder Most Vile (2022)
1. Murder by the Book (2013)
2. Murder at the Chase (2014)
3. Murder at the Loch (2016)
4. Murder Take Three (2017)
5. Murder Takes a Turn (2018)
6. Murder Served Cold (2018)
7. Murder by Numbers (2020)
8. Murder At Standing Stone Manor (2021)
9. Murder Most Vile (2022)
Telemass Quartet
1. Famadihana on Fomalhaut IV (2014)
2. Sacrifice on Spica III (2014)
3. Reunion on Alpha Reticuli II (2016)
4. Exalted on Bellatrix 1 (2017)
4.5. Telemass Coda (2019)
1. Famadihana on Fomalhaut IV (2014)
2. Sacrifice on Spica III (2014)
3. Reunion on Alpha Reticuli II (2016)
4. Exalted on Bellatrix 1 (2017)
4.5. Telemass Coda (2019)
Kon-tiki Quartet (with Keith Brooke)
1. Dislocations (2018)
2. Parasites (2018)
3. Insights (2019)
4. Iterations (2020)
4.5. Kon Tiki Coda (2022)
1. Dislocations (2018)
2. Parasites (2018)
3. Insights (2019)
4. Iterations (2020)
4.5. Kon Tiki Coda (2022)
Novels
Meridian Days (1992)
Engineman (1994)
Penumbra (1999)
Twocking (2001)
Firebug (2003)
Bengal Station (2004)
British Front (2005)
Space Ace (2005)
Crazy Love (2006)
An Alien Ate Me for Breakfast (2007)
Race Against Time (2008)
Kethani (2008)
Guilty? (2009)
A Dinosaur Ate My Socks (2009)
Guardians of the Phoenix (2010)
The Kings of Eternity (2011)
Serene Invasion (2013)
Salvage (2013)
Wormhole (2022) (with Keith Brooke)
Engineman (1994)
Penumbra (1999)
Twocking (2001)
Firebug (2003)
Bengal Station (2004)
British Front (2005)
Space Ace (2005)
Crazy Love (2006)
An Alien Ate Me for Breakfast (2007)
Race Against Time (2008)
Kethani (2008)
Guilty? (2009)
A Dinosaur Ate My Socks (2009)
Guardians of the Phoenix (2010)
The Kings of Eternity (2011)
Serene Invasion (2013)
Salvage (2013)
Wormhole (2022) (with Keith Brooke)
Collections
The Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories (1987)
Blue Shifting (1995)
Deep Future (2001)
The Fall Of Tartarus (2004)
Threshold Shift (2006)
Infinities (2011) (with Garry Kilworth, Scott Nicholson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Steven Savile and Anna Tambour)
Ghostwriting (2012)
The Angels of Life and Death (2012)
Conflicts (2012) (with Neal Asher and Keith Brooke)
Rites of Passage (2014)
Microcosms (2017) (with Tony Ballantyne)
The Spacetime Pit Plus Two (2018) (with Stephen Baxter)
The Disciples of Apollo (2019)
The Ice Garden and Other Stories (2019)
Stories of Hope and Wonder (2020) (with Stephen Baxter, Chris Beckett, Ramsey Campbell, M R Carey, Paul Cornell, Gary Gibson, Lesley Glaister, Peter F Hamilton, Frances Hardinge, Tim Lebbon, Alison Littlewood, Ken MacLeod, George Mann, Tim Pears, Adam Roberts, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Tade Thompson, Lavie Tidhar, Lisa Tuttle and Ian Whates)
Blue Shifting (1995)
Deep Future (2001)
The Fall Of Tartarus (2004)
Threshold Shift (2006)
Infinities (2011) (with Garry Kilworth, Scott Nicholson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Steven Savile and Anna Tambour)
Ghostwriting (2012)
The Angels of Life and Death (2012)
Conflicts (2012) (with Neal Asher and Keith Brooke)
Rites of Passage (2014)
Microcosms (2017) (with Tony Ballantyne)
The Spacetime Pit Plus Two (2018) (with Stephen Baxter)
The Disciples of Apollo (2019)
The Ice Garden and Other Stories (2019)
Stories of Hope and Wonder (2020) (with Stephen Baxter, Chris Beckett, Ramsey Campbell, M R Carey, Paul Cornell, Gary Gibson, Lesley Glaister, Peter F Hamilton, Frances Hardinge, Tim Lebbon, Alison Littlewood, Ken MacLeod, George Mann, Tim Pears, Adam Roberts, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Tade Thompson, Lavie Tidhar, Lisa Tuttle and Ian Whates)
Novellas
Parallax View (2000) (with Keith Brooke)
A Writer's Life (2001)
Approaching Omega (2004)
The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne (2005)
Gilbert and Edgar on Mars (2009)
The Martian Simulacra (2018)
Ace Doubles (2021)
Enigma Season (2022) (with Keith Brooke)
A Writer's Life (2001)
Approaching Omega (2004)
The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne (2005)
Gilbert and Edgar on Mars (2009)
The Martian Simulacra (2018)
Ace Doubles (2021)
Enigma Season (2022) (with Keith Brooke)
Chapter Books
Series contributed to
Web
3. Untouchable (1997)
12. Walkabout (1999)
The Web 2027 (omnibus) (1999) (with Stephen Baxter, Stephen Bowkett, Maggie Furey, Peter F Hamilton and Graham Joyce)
3. Untouchable (1997)
12. Walkabout (1999)
The Web 2027 (omnibus) (1999) (with Stephen Baxter, Stephen Bowkett, Maggie Furey, Peter F Hamilton and Graham Joyce)
Anthologies containing stories by Eric Brown
Short stories
Downtime in the MKCR (1994) | |||
Status Extinct (1996) | |||
Ferryman (1997) | |||
Beauregard (2000) | |||
Destiny on Tartarus (2000) |
Awards
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Eric Brown recommends

Lord of Stone (2001)
Keith Brooke
"Satisfying prose ... well realised and visualised characters ... powerful and vivid portrayal of the conditions of war."

Europe In Autumn (2014)
(Europe, book 1)
Dave Hutchinson
"Europe in Autumn is the work of a consummate storyteller and combines great characters, a cracking central idea, and a plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Excellent."
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