Quote of the day
It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.
Alan Garner
Born: October 17, 1934 (age 91)
Bio: Alan Garner OBE is an English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales.
Known for:
- The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960)
- The Owl Service (1967)
- Elidor (1965)
- Red Shift (1973)
- Boneland (2012)








