Hothouse (novel)

Hothouse
First edition
AuthorBrian Aldiss
Cover artistOscar Mellor
LanguageEnglish
GenreDying Earth genre
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
1962
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages253
AwardHugo Award for Best Short Fiction (1962)

Hothouse is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer Brian Aldiss, composed of five novelettes that were originally serialised in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1961. In the US, an abridged version was published as The Long Afternoon of Earth; the full version was not published in the United States until 1976.