Ian Watson obituary (opens in new tab)

Innovative and award-winning science-fiction writer whose novels extended to horror, fantasy and the Warhammer franchiseThe author Ian Watson, who has died aged 82 after suffering from oesophageal cancer, established his reputation as an exhilarating, intellectually adventurous writer of science fiction with his first novel, The Embedding (1973), winner of the Prix Apollo in France. It was followed by The Jonah Kit (1975), winner of the British Science Fiction Association award. Reviewing his...