Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Nevil Shute
Born: January 17, 1899
Died: January 12, 1960 (aged 60)
Bio: Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia.
Known for:
- On the Beach (1957)
- A Town Like Alice (1950)
- No Highway (1948)
- Pied Piper (1942)
- The Far Country (1952)