Original: «Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts».
Fuente: Alsford, Mike. ThirdWay, Vol. 18, N.º 7. Artículo Journeys into inner space. Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, p. 21.
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Frases célebres de Brian Aldiss
Original: «One afternoon in early January, the weather showed a lack of character. There was no frost nor wind: the trees in the garden did not stir».
Fuente: Aldiss, Brian. A Report on Probability. HarperCollins UK, 2015. ISBN 9780007482412.
Fuente: A Report On Probability (1968).
Original: «When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of Hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay».
Fuente: Warwak, Dave. Peep Show for Children Only. Editorial Lulu.com, 2008. ISBN 9781435718173, p. 37.
Brian Aldiss: Frases en inglés
“In the extraordinary ancestral compost heap of your unconscious mind, I have burrowed too long.”
Brian W. Aldiss
libro
Hothouse
Fuente: Hothouse (1962), Chapter 23
“Exactly.”
“Man on Bridge” p. 89
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“Man on Bridge” p. 89
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“Carnage added to carnage does not equal peace.”
“Basis for Negotiations” p. 152
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
"In Conversation: Brian Aldiss & James Blish" in Cypher (October 1973)
“Man on Bridge” p. 88
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
Locus interview (2000)
“Why should you be confused just because you come from a confused civilization?”
“Poor Little Warrior!” p. 78 (originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1958)
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“Man in His Time” p. 209
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
Let's Be Frank (1957)
“Basis for Negotiations” p. 122
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It’s patriotic to overconsume.”
Brian W. Aldiss
libro
Greybeard
Fuente: Greybeard (1964), Chapter 4 (p. 121)
"The Deceptive Truth", The Dark Sun Rises (2002)
“Old Hundredth” p. 162
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.”
The Twinkling of an Eye: My Life as an Englishman (1998) Unsourced variant: "Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system."
"In Conversation: Brian Aldiss & James Blish" in Cypher (October 1973); republished in The Tale That Wags the God (1987) by James Blish
Let's Be Frank (1957)
“The ability to change should not be despised.”
“Basis for Negotiations” p. 139
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“Man on Bridge” pp. 90-91
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“It’s the duty of men in office not to be misled.”
“Basis for Negotiations” p. 140
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“I kill from conviction, not to pass a personality quiz.”
“Basis for Negotiations” p. 143
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.”
"Apéritif" in Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's (1990)
