(1941-    ) UK writer, active as a genre critic in the 1970s, who published two unremarkable sf novels for Robert Hale Limited, The Nucleation (1977) and The OMEGA Project (1978). He is better remembered for the competent Apertures: A Study of the Writings of Brian Aldiss (1984) with David Wingrove. There is no connection between him and the cartoon dog "Brian Griffin" in the US animated television series Family Guy (1999-current). [JC]

Brian Griffin

born 1941

died

works

• The Nucleation (London: Robert Hale, 1977) [hb/]
• The OMEGA Project (London: Robert Hale, 1978) [hb/]

nonfiction

• Apertures: A Study of the Writings of Brian Aldiss (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1984) with David Wingrove [nonfiction: hb/nonpictorial]

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