Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Robert Aickman
Born: June 27, 1914
Died: February 26, 1981 (aged 66)
Bio: Robert Fordyce Aickman was an English conservationist and writer of fiction and nonfiction. As a conservationist, he is notable for co-founding the Inland Waterways Association, a group which has preserved from destruction and restored England's inland canal system.
Known for:
- Cold Hand in Mine (1975)
- The wine-dark sea
- Dark Entries (1964)
- The Unsettled Dust
- The Late Breakfasters (1964)