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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/science-fiction-is-the-search-for-a-definition-of-mankind-and-his/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

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## More by Brian Aldiss

> [My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/my-briefest-ever-definition-of-science-fiction-is-hubris-clobbered-by/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [Man was an accident on this world or it would have been made better for him!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/man-was-an-accident-on-this-world-or-it-would-have-been-made-better/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/we-belong-to-an-age-where-apocalypse-is-our-daily-bread-coffee-s/)

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> [Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/whatever-creativity-is-it-is-in-part-a-solution-to-a-problem/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [Its at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/its-at-night-when-perhaps-we-should-be-dreaming-that-the-mind-is-most/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [The day of the android has dawned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/the-day-of-the-android-has-dawned/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/when-childhood-dies-its-corpses-are-called-adults/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/i-was-hardly-fit-for-human-society-thus-destiny-shaped-me-to-be-a/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/i-am-a-writer-and-always-was-being-a-writer-is-an-integral-part-of-my/)

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> [However you envisage your role in life, all you can do is perform it as best you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/however-you-envisage-your-role-in-life-all-you-can-do-is-perform-it/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/there-are-two-kinds-of-writer-those-that-make-you-think-and-those/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/science-fiction-is-the-search-for-a-definition-of-mankind-and-his/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

> [Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/civilization-is-the-distance-man-has-placed-between-himself-and-his/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/i-can-t-help-believing-that-these-things-that-come-from-the/)

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> [The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/the-fatal-error-of-much-science-fiction-has-been-to-subscribe-to-an/)

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