Brian Aldiss

"He let out a yell of joy. They danced round the room. Pressure of population was such that reproduction had to be strict, controlled. Childbirth required government permission. For this moment, they h…"

"Let’s have a toast—to the future generation of consumers, however many heads or assholes they have!"

"She had tried to love him."

"Why should you be confused just because you come from a confused civilization?"

"The ambition of the original Frank had not died; it had grown subtler. It had become a wish to sample everything. The more bodily habitations there were with which to sample, the more tantalizing the …"

"The day of the android has dawned."

"However you envisage your role in life, all you can do is perform it as best you can."

"Plato would have no actors in his republic, in case pretence devoured what was real. Plato's fears have proved well-grounded. Actors, despised, almost outcast, until last century, have become somethin…"