- In his critical history of the field, "Billion Year Spree" (1973)--revised as "Trillion Year Spree" in 1986--Aldiss argued that Mary Shelley deserves to be considered the first true science-fiction writer.
- Guest of Honour at "Eastercon 22" British national science-fiction convention (Worcester, UK, April 9-11, 1971).
- He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to literature.
- His son, Clive, was born in May, 1955; that same year, his first book, "The Brightfount Diaries", was published by Faber & Faber. In 1956 he quit book-selling to become a full-time writer.
- After being decommissioned from the British Army in 1947, he began nine years' work as a bookseller when hired by Sanders & Co., in Oxford, England.
- After being drafted by the British Army in 1943 to serve during World War II, he joined the Royal Corps of Signals. In 1944 he transferred to serve in India, Assam, Burma, Sumatra, Singapore and Hong Kong, experiences that later provided great material for his books and stories.
- Guest of honor at LUNACON science-fiction convention (New York, NY, April 18-20, 1975).
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