Brian W. Aldiss

“Whatever terrific events may inform our lives, it always comes to that in the end; we just want to lie down.”

— Brian W. Aldiss

“An overcrowded world is the ideal place in which to be lonely.”

— Brian W. Aldiss

“Life was a pleasure; he looked back at its moments, many of them as much shrouded in mist as the opposite bank…

— Brian W. Aldiss

“This shall be home, where danger was my cradle, and all we have learned will guard us!”

— Brian W. Aldiss

“Perhaps that had been one of the ineradicable faults of mankind - for even a convinced atheist had to admit there were…

— Brian W. Aldiss

“It's a funny thing in my job: you remain perpetually lonely in a world where loneliness is the rarest commodity.”

— Brian W. Aldiss

“Life on the big slope was endurable, and sometimes more than just endurable, for the human spirit was a genius for making…

— Brian W. Aldiss

“Once land gets in a state, once it begins to deteriorate, it is hard to reverse the process. Land falls sick just…

— Brian W. Aldiss

“This is how Yuli, son of Alehaw, came to a place called Oldorando, where his descendants flourished in the better days that…

— Brian W. Aldiss

“To qualify as a Seeker, it was necessary to show a high serendipity factor. In my experimental behaviour pool as a child,…

— Brian W. Aldiss