The Resume

(August 18, 1925-August 19, 2017)
Wrote 'The Brightfount Diaries (1955),' 'Space, Time and Nathaniel (1957),' 'Non-Stop (1958),' 'The Interpreter (1960),' 'Hothouse (1962),' 'The Dark Light Years (1964),' 'An Age (1967),' 'Barefoot in the Head (1969),' 'Moreau's Other Island (1980),' 'Ruins (1987),' 'The Secret of This Book (1995),' 'Super Toys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time (2001),' 'Super-State (2002),' 'The Cretan Teat (2002),' 'Affairs at Hampden Ferrers (2004)' and 'Jocasta (2005)'

Why he might be annoying:

Most of his books have bizarre premises.
The film based on his short story 'Super Toys Last All Summer Long,' 'A.I: Artificial Intelligence,' is considered one of Steven Spielberg's weakest films.
He wrote a book called 'Frankenstein Unbound' which was adapted into a movie by Roger Corman.
He is rarely seen smiling in photos.

Why he might not be annoying:

He served in WW II.
He won a short story contest in the newspaper, The Observer (1955).
He was voted 'Most Promising New Author' at the World Science Fiction Convention (1958).
He was elected president of the British Science Fiction Association (1960).
He and author Harry Harrison created the first science fiction critique magazine.
The Queen gave him the title of 'Officer of the Order of the British Empire' (2005).

Credit: Orange Squirrel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award Winners (Ranked: 2000)
• Hugo Award Winners
• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 92)
• I Got a Pet Cat or Twenty
• I Write Sci-Fi
• Look at Me, I'm Thirsty
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Bow Tie
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Tux
• Nebula Award Winners
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Orange Squirrel's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 18501-18750 (Ranked: 18514)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20170819)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 64 Votes: 54.69% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 48 Votes: 47.92% Annoying