In the extraordinary ancestral compost heap of your unconscious mind, I have burrowed too long. - Brian Aldiss

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In the extraordinary ancestral compost heap of your unconscious mind, I have burrowed too long.

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About Brian Aldiss

Brian Wilson Aldiss (August 18, 1925 – August 19, 2017) was an English writer of general fiction and science fiction.

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Birth Name: Brian Wilson Aldiss
Alternative Names: Brian W. Aldiss Jael Cracken Dr. Peristyle C. C. Shackleton
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Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.

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