Brian W. Aldiss wrote the science fiction short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long.”
It was originally published in December 1969 in the UK issue of Harper’s Bazaar.
In an overpopulated future, the narrative addresses issues of humanity and loneliness.
We have handpicked the top quotes from Supertoys Last All Summer Long novel by Brian W. Aldiss.
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Supertoys Last All Summer Long Quotes
“An overcrowded world is the ideal place in which to be lonely.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“She had tried to love him.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“And I are real, Teddy, aren’t we?” The bear’s eyes regarded the boy unflinchingly. “You and I are real, David.” It specialized in comfort.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“Time waited on her shoulder with the maniac slowth it reserves for children, the insane, and wives whose husbands are away improving the world.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“I feel happy or sad. I love people. Therefore I am human. Isn’t that so?” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“Synthetic life-forms were less than ten years old, the old android mechanicals less than sixteen; the faults of their systems were still being ironed out, year by year.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
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Quotes from Supertoys Last All Summer Long
“There have been mechanicals on the market with mini-computers for brains – plastic things without life, super-toys – but we have at last found a way to link computer circuitry with synthetic flesh.“ – Brian W. Aldiss, book Super-Toys Last All Summer Long Super
“Teddy – I suppose Mummy and Daddy are real, aren’t they?” Teddy said, “You ask such silly questions, David. Nobody knows what ‘real’ really means. Let’s go indoors.” “First I’m going to have another rose!” Plucking a bright pink flower, he carried it with him into the house. It could lie on the pillow as he went to sleep. Its beauty and softness reminded him of Mummy.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“Teddy, you know what I was thinking? How do you tell what are real things from what aren’t real things?” The bear shuffled its alternatives. “Real things are good.” “I wonder if time is good. I don’t think Mummy likes time very much. The other day, lots of days ago, she said that time went by her. Is time real, Teddy?”” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“Amid all the triumphs of our civilization – yes, and amid the crushing problems of overpopulation too – it is sad to reflect how many millions of people suffer from increasing loneliness and isolation. Our serving-man will be a boon to them; he will always answer, and the most vapid conversation cannot bore him. For the future, we plan more models, male and female – some of them without the limitations of this first one, I promise you! — of more advanced design, true bio-electronic beings. Not only will they possess their own computer, capable of individual programming; they will be linked to the World Data Network. Thus everyone will be able to enjoy the equivalent of an Einstein in their own homes. Personal isolation will then be banished forever!” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“He let out a yell of joy. They danced round the room. Pressure of population was such that reproduction had to be strict, controlled. Childbirth required government permission. For this moment, they had waited four years. Incoherently they cried their delight.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
Best Supertoys Last All Summer Long Quotes
“In Mrs. Swinton’s garden, it was always summer. The lovely almond trees stood about it in perpetual leaf. Monica Swinton plucked a saffron-colored rose and showed it to David.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“The directors of Synthank were eating an enormous luncheon to celebrate the launching of their new product. Some of them wore the plastic face-masks popular at the time. All were elegantly slender, despite the rich food and drink they were putting away. Their wives were elegantly slender, despite the food and drink they too were putting away. An earlier and less sophisticated generation would have regarded them as beautiful people, apart from their eyes.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“Monica Swinton, twenty-nine, of graceful shape and lambent eye, went and sat in her living room, arranging her limbs with taste. She began by sitting and thinking; soon she was just sitting. Time waited on her shoulder with the maniac slowth it reserves for children, the insane, and wives whose husbands are away improving the world.” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
“I’m no good, Teddy. Let’s run away!” “You’re a very good boy. Your Mummy loves you.” Slowly, he shook his head. “If she loved me, then why can’t I talk to her?” “You’re being silly, David. Mummy’s lonely. That’s why she had you.” “She’s got Daddy. I’ve got nobody ‘cept you, and I’m lonely.”” ~ Brian W. Aldiss, Supertoys Last All Summer Long.
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