Ian Watson (author)

Ian Watson (born 20 April 1943)[1] is a British science fiction writer. He lives in Gijón, Spain.

Ian Watson
Born (1943-04-20) 20 April 1943
United Kingdom
OccupationAuthor, writer
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction

Life

In 1959 Watson worked as an accounts clerk at Runciman's, a Newcastle shipping company. The experience was not particularly satisfying.[2] Watson lectured English in Tanzania (1965–67)[3] and Tokyo (1967–70), and taught Future Studies at the Birmingham Polytechnic from 1970 to 1976. After 1976 he devoted himself to his career as a professional writer.[3] His first novel, The Embedding, winner of the Prix Apollo in 1975, is unusual for being based on ideas from generative grammar; the title refers to the process of center embedding. A prolific writer, he has also written the novels Miracle Visitors, God's World, The Jonah Kit and The Flies of Memory and many collections of short stories. Watson is credited as author of the screen story for the motion picture A.I. Artificial Intelligence. In 1977, The Jonah Kit won the BSFA Award for Best Novel.[4]

Bibliography

Novels
  • The Jonah Kit. London: Gollancz, 1975. ISBN 0-575-01938-7
  • Chekhov's Journey. London: Gollancz, 1983. ISBN 0-575-03213-8
  • Converts. London: Granada, 1984 (paper). ISBN 0-586-05895-8
  • The Books of the Black Current:
  • Queenmagic, Kingmagic. London: Gollancz, 1986. ISBN 0-575-03883-7
  • The Power. London: Headline, 1987. ISBN 0-7472-0031-9

Short fiction
Collections

References
  1. "Ian Watson". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. Afterword to The Gardens of Delight, Gollancz, 2007.
  3. "Ian Watson Interview (1981)". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  4. "BSFA Awards. Previous award winners". BSFA. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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