Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post Gothic mode. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.' — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
Man was an accident on this world or it would have been made better for him! — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
We belong to an age where apocalypse is our daily bread, coffee's black, and we know we're part of the abyss. Red Spider White… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
Its at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
However you envisage your role in life, all you can do is perform it as best you can. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick,… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share
