Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
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)