https://www.lne.es/gijon/2026/04/13/ultima-peticion-escritor-ian-watson-129045804.html va ser un escriptor anglès, especialitzat en ciència-ficció.
Biografia El 1959 va treballar com a empleat de comptabilitat a Runciman's, una empresa de navili a Newcastle.. El 1963, es va graduar en literatura anglesa amb matrícula d'honor al Balliol College de la Universitat d'Oxford i, posteriorment, va fer un postgrau de recerca en la literatura anglesa i francesa del . Va ensenyar anglès a Tanzània (1965–67) i a Tòquio (1967–70). Va exercir la docència de prospectiva a la Universitat Politècnica de Birmingham de 1970 a 1976. A partir de 1976 es va dedicar a la seva carrera com a escriptor professional.
La seva novel·la, The Embedding, que va guanyar el Prix Apollo de l'any 1975, és inusual per basar-se en idees de la gramàtica generativa, fet al qual refereix el títol del llibre. Escriptor prolífic, va escriure nombroses novel·les, com ara Miracle Visitors, God's World, The Jonah Kit i The Flies of Memory, a més de reculls de contes literaris. Watson és reconegut com a autor de la narració de pantalla per a la pel·lícula A.I. Artificial Intelligence. La seva novel·la The Jonah Kit va guanyar el premi BSFA a la millor novel·la de l'any 1977.
Durant l'any 1980, Watson i Michael Bishop van escriure junts la primera novel·la de ciència-ficció per col·laboració transatlàntica, Under Heaven's Bridge, fent servir màquines d'escriure i serveis postals. La seva obra més important posterior és The Waters of Destiny, que va coescriure amb Andy West.
Obres Japan: A Cat's Eye View. Osaka, Japan: Bunken, 1969. The Embedding. London: Victor Gollancz, 1973. The Jonah Kit. London: Victor Gollancz, 1975. Orgasmachine. Paris: Editions Champ Libre, 1976. Japan Tomorrow. Osaka, Japan: Bunken, 1977. The Martian Inca. London: Victor Gollancz, 1977. Alien Embassy. London: Victor Gollancz, 1977. Miracle Visitors. London: Victor Gollancz, 1978. The Very Slow Time Machine: Science Fiction Stories and Other Stories. London: Victor Gollancz, 1979. God's World. London: Victor Gollancz, 1979. The Gardens of Delight. London: Victor Gollancz, 1980. Pictures at an Exhibition. Cardiff, Wales: Greystoke Mowbray Ltd, 1981. Under Heaven's Bridge. London: Victor Gollancz, 1981 (with Michael Bishop). Deathhunter. London: Victor Gollancz, 1981. Sunstroke and Other Stories. London: Victor Gollancz, 1982. Changes: Stories of Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction about Startling Metamorphoses, both Psychological and Physical. New York: Ace Books, 1983 (with Michael Bishop). Chekhov's Journey. London: Victor Gollancz, 1983. The Book of the River. London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. The Book of the Stars. London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. Converts. London: Granada/Panther, 1984. The Book of Being. London: Victor Gollancz, 1985. Slow Birds and Other Stories. London: Victor Gollancz, 1985. The Book of Ian Watson. Willimantic, Connecticut: Mark V Ziesing, 1985. Afterlives: An Anthology of Stories about Life After Death. New York: Vintage Books, 1986 (with Pamela Sargent). The Books of the Black Current. New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 1986. Queenmagic, Kingmagic. London: Victor Gollancz, 1986. Evil Water and Other Stories. London: Victor Gollancz, 1987. The Power. London: Headline, 1987. Meat. London: Headline, 1988. Whores of Babylon. London: Grafton Books/Paladin, 1988. The Fire Worm. London: Victor Gollancz, 1988. Salvage Rites and Other Stories. London: Victor Gollancz, 1989. Inquisitor. Brighton, Sussex: GW Books, 1990. The Flies of Memory. London: Victor Gollancz, 1990. Stalin's Teardrops and Other Stories. London: Victor Gollancz, 1991. Nanoware Time. New York: Tor, 1991. Draco. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing/Black Library, 1992. Lucky's Harvest. London: Victor Gollancz, 1993. Space Marine. London: Boxtree, 1993. The Fallen Moon. London: Victor Gollancz, 1994. Harlequin. London: Boxtree, 1994. The Coming of Vertumnus and Other Stories. London: Victor Gollancz, 1994. Chaos Child. London: Boxtree, 1996. Hard Questions. London: Victor Gollancz, 1996. Oracle. London: Victor Gollancz, 1997. The Lexicographer's Love Song and Other Poems. Radford, Virginia: DNA Publications, 2001. The Great Escape. Urbana, Illinois: Golden Gryphon Press, 2002. Mockymen. Urbana, Illinois: Golden Gryphon Press, 2003. The Inquisition War. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing/Black Library, 2004. Yaleen Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books, 2004. Shell Shock. Birmingham, England: The Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 2004. The Butterflies of Memory. Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2006. The Beloved of my Beloved. Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire: NewCon Press, 2009 (with Roberto Quaglia). The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories. London: Robinson, 2010 (with Ian Whates). Orgasmachine. Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire: NewCon Press, 2010. Shoes, Ships and Cadavers: Tales from North Londonshire. Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire: NewCon Press, 2011 (with Ian Whates). Assassins. Gijón, Spain: Palabaristas Press, 2012 (with Andy West). Tongue of Knowledge. Gijón, Spain: Palabaristas Press, 2012 (with Andy West) Death Overflows. Gijón, Spain: Palabaristas Press, 2012 (with Andy West). The Mammoth Book of SF Wars. London: Constable and Robinson/Robinson, 2012 (with Ian Whates). Saving for a Sunny Day and Other Stories. Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire: NewCon Press, 2012. The Best of Ian Watson. Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2014. Squirrel, Reich & Lavender: Bonus Stories. Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2014. Memory Man and Other Poems. Driffield, East Yorkshire: Leaky Book Press, 2014. The Uncollected Ian Watson. Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2014. Doing the Stanley: Encounters with Kubrick. Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2014. Souvenir Book: Eurocon 2016. Barcelona, Spain: BCon, 2016. The 1000 Year Reich and Other Stories. Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire: NewCon Press, 2016. The Brain from Beyond: A Spacetime Opera. Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2016. Waters of Destiny 1: Assassins' Legacy. Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire: NewCon Press/Steel Quill Press, 2018 (with Andy West). Waters of Destiny 2: Assassins' Endgame. Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire: NewCon Press/Steel Quill Press, 2018 (with Andy West). The Trouble With Tall Ones. Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2019.
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