Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)