“Man was an accident on this world or it would have been made better for him!” MenWorldHas BeensMadeThis WorldAccidents Author:Brian Aldiss
“The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the lands he left behind remain for ever like a mirage in his mind. However, misfortune can itself sow seeds of creativity. ---- Afterword to "Hothouse" Brian Aldiss” MenYearsMindYoungLeftBehindsCreativityLandReturnSeedsYoung ManNativeMisfortunesLeft BehindBrianMiragesNative Land Author:Brian Aldiss
“Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.” MenCivilizationDistanceDistance Relationship Author:Brian Aldiss
“The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or a bunch of strong men, or an invasion of aliens, or the conquest of other planets, or the annihilation of half the world--in short, pretty nearly anything but the facing up to the integral and irredeemable nature of mankind--can bring about utopian situations. It is the old error of the externalization of evil.” MenWorldHas BeensIdeasEvilStrongHalfFictionSituationMankindPlanetsRevolutionOptimismScience FictionErrorsBunchAliensConquestInvasionUtopianAnnihilationNature Of ManStrong ManGimmicks Author:Brian Aldiss
