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British science-fiction writer (1925–2017)
Brian Wilson Aldiss (/ˈɔːldɪs/; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science-fiction novels
Brian_Aldiss
American science fiction author (1925–2012)
Science Fiction Association, and was, with Brian Aldiss, co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. Aldiss called him "a constant peer and great
Harry_Harrison_(writer)
2001 film by Steven Spielberg
Watson adapting the 1969 short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss. Set in a futuristic society, the film stars Haley Joel Osment as David
A.I._Artificial_Intelligence
Movement in science fiction
Tiptree Jr. (a pseudonym of Alice Bradley Sheldon), Thomas M. Disch, and Brian Aldiss were also major writers associated with the movement. Moorcock wanted
New_Wave_(science_fiction)
English writer (1866–1946)
biological engineering before these subjects were common in the genre. Brian Aldiss referred to Wells as the "Shakespeare of science fiction", while Charles
H._G._Wells
Male given name
rules footballer Brian Ah Yat (born 1975), American football player Brian Alderson (footballer) (1950–1997), Scottish footballer Brian Aldiss (1925–2017),
Brian
1964 novel by Brian Aldiss
Greybeard is a science fiction novel by British author Brian Aldiss, published in 1964. Set decades after the Earth's population has been sterilised as
Greybeard
The Interpreter is a 1960 science fiction novel by British writer Brian W. Aldiss. It was initially serialized under the title X for Exploitation in three
The Interpreter (Aldiss novel)
The_Interpreter_(Aldiss_novel)
fiction short stories edited by Brian Aldiss. "Introduction" (Brian W. Aldiss) "Is Everything an Illusion?" (Brian W. Aldiss) "Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik
Space_Opera_(1974_anthology)
Science fiction subgenre
term was coined by Brian Aldiss. It is most often applied by literary critics, rather than authors. As characterized by Brian Aldiss in The Billion Year
Widescreen_baroque
1969 science fiction short story
"Supertoys Last All Summer Long" is a science fiction short story by Brian Aldiss, first published in the UK edition of Harper's Bazaar, in its December
Supertoys Last All Summer Long
Supertoys_Last_All_Summer_Long
2019 studio album by Blood Incantation
countries. The artwork consists of Bruce Pennington's front cover for the Brian Aldiss novel Space, Time and Nathaniel (1957) with the band logo and the name
Hidden History of the Human Race
Hidden_History_of_the_Human_Race
1959 novel by Brian Aldiss
writer Brian W. Aldiss, first published in 1959 by Faber and Faber. The book was published in the United States (in an alternate form which Aldiss preferred)
The_Canopy_of_Time
1972 collection of short stories and articles by Brian Aldiss
The Book of Brian Aldiss is a collection of science fiction short stories by British author Brian Aldiss. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books
The_Book_of_Brian_Aldiss
Literary genre
1111/rirt.12111. ISSN 1350-7303. Aldiss, Brian. Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction, 1973. Aldiss, Brian, and Wingrove, David. Trillion
Science_fiction
1990 film by Roger Corman
film directed, co-written, and produced by Roger Corman. Based on Brian W. Aldiss's 1973 novel Frankenstein Unbound, the film serves as Corman's return
Frankenstein_Unbound
1985 book by David Pringle
Heinlein (1957) The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham (1957) Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss (1958) A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1958) Have Space Suit—Will
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
Science_Fiction:_The_100_Best_Novels
British science fiction and fantasy magazine
abandon New Worlds, but with the aid of an Arts Council grant obtained by Brian Aldiss, Moorcock was able to publish the magazine independently. He featured
New_Worlds_(magazine)
1961 novel by Brian Aldiss
The Primal Urge is a 1961 science fiction novel by Brian Aldiss. A satire on sexual reserve, it explores the effects on society of a forehead-mounted "Emotion
The_Primal_Urge
2002 crime novel by Michael Marshall Smith
Michael Marshall Smith, but following in the footsteps of Iain Banks and Brian Aldiss, Marshall has decided to swap names to denote a switch in genre. The
The_Straw_Men
Series of science fiction novel reprints
Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 10 August 2000 1-85798-952-X 33 Non-Stop Brian Aldiss 14 November 2000 1-85798-998-8 34 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C
SF_Masterworks
Pseudonymous patient (born c. 1918)
Hour, entitled "The Jet-Propelled Couch". Following the publication of Brian Aldiss' Billion Year Spree, a history of science fiction, some speculation has
Kirk_Allen
1981 non-fiction novel by Daniel Keyes
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
The_Minds_of_Billy_Milligan
1966 novel by J. G. Ballard
Giroux in the United States in 1966. Contemporary reviewers including Brian Aldiss and Judith Merril discussed the novel as a distinctive entry in Ballard’s
The_Crystal_World
1955 science fiction short story by Frederik Pohl
for example in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) edited by Brian Aldiss, and The Golden Age of Science Fiction anthology edited by Kingsley Amis
The_Tunnel_under_the_World
Lessing Deborah Levy Penelope Lively Jon McGregor Rohinton Mistry Timothy Mo Brian Moore Andrew O'Hagan V. S. Naipaul Zadie Smith Muriel Spark Elizabeth Strout
List of winners and nominated authors of the Booker Prize
List_of_winners_and_nominated_authors_of_the_Booker_Prize
1968 novel by Brian Aldiss
Report on Probability A is a science fiction novel by British writer Brian Aldiss. The novel was completed in 1962 and published in 1967 in the British
Report_on_Probability_A
Book by Dougal Dixon
and illustrated by Philip Hood. The book also features a foreword by Brian Aldiss. Man After Man explores a hypothetical future path of human evolution
Man_After_Man
2008 science fiction novel by Liu Cixin
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
The Three-Body Problem (novel)
The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel)
1937 novel by Olaf Stapledon
"probably the most powerful work of imagination ever written", and Brian W. Aldiss called it "the one great grey holy book of science fiction". A human
Star_Maker
Short story by Brian W. Aldiss
"The Night That All Time Broke Out" is a short story by Brian W. Aldiss from Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions. The story presents a future world where
The Night That All Time Broke Out
The_Night_That_All_Time_Broke_Out
Genre of novel
of the period after the Second World War, with Arthur C. Clarke and Brian Aldiss expressing strong admiration for Wells's work. The Space Machine: A Scientific
Romance_(prose_fiction)
Scottish writer (1954–2013)
series. Banks cited Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Aldiss, M. John Harrison and Dan Simmons as influences. The Crow Road, published
Iain_Banks
1965 dystopian science fiction novel by Brian Aldiss
1965 dystopian science fiction novel by British science fiction author Brian Aldiss. The novel draws its premise from prevalent fears about population growth
Earthworks_(novel)
Science fiction trilogy written by Brian Aldiss
Helliconia trilogy is a series of science fiction books by British writer Brian W. Aldiss, set on the Earth-like planet Helliconia. It is an epic chronicling
Helliconia
British novelist, short story writer and painter
Burns, and Ann Quin. Brian Aldiss described her as Kafka's sister. Doris Lessing, J. G. Ballard, Anaïs Nin, Jean Rhys, Brian Aldiss, Christopher Priest
Anna_Kavan
1967 novel by Brian Aldiss
States as Cryptozoic!) is a 1967 science fiction novel by English writer Brian Aldiss. The book, set principally in 2093, combines the popular science fiction
An_Age
1983 book by Brian Aldiss
Science Fiction Quiz is a book by Brian Aldiss published in 1983. It is a book containing thirty quizzes, each of which asks 8 to 10 questions. Dave Langford
Science_Fiction_Quiz
1962 science fiction novel by Brian Aldiss
Hothouse is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer Brian Aldiss, composed of five novelettes that were originally serialised in The Magazine of
Hothouse_(novel)
Australian singer (1960–1997)
based on a science fiction time travel story of the same name written by Brian Aldiss. In 1990, INXS released X, which spawned more international hits such
Michael_Hutchence
2005 British film
was based on the 1977 novel of the same name by science fiction writer Brian Aldiss. Tony Grisoni started working on the screenplay in 1984. He met the directors
Brothers_of_the_Head
1967 novel by Anna Kavan
profiled in the September 1967 edition of Nova, alongside Jean Rhys. Brian Aldiss, whose work Kavan admired, praised it as the best science fiction novel
Ice_(Kavan_novel)
1818 novel by Mary Shelley
and Gothic novels, as well as one of the first science fiction novels. Brian Aldiss has argued for regarding it as the first true science-fiction story.
Frankenstein
Town in Suffolk, England
American pharmacist and creator of the carbonated soft drink Dr Pepper Brian Aldiss, science fiction author David Bull, Chairman of Reform UK and television
Framlingham
African mythological creature
Contemporary Culture, edited by Joan Gordon and Veronica Hollinger. Foreword by Brian Aldiss. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. Guiley, Rosemary Ellen, The
Adze_(folklore)
1983 novel by Brian Aldiss
Helliconia Summer is a science fiction novel by British writer Brian Aldiss, published in 1983. It is the second part of the Helliconia trilogy, following
Helliconia_Summer
Narrative of exactly fifty words
ultra-shorts stories, or fifty-word stories. The form was invented by writer Brian Aldiss and the newspaper The Daily Telegraph, which has held several minisaga
Minisaga
2019 novel by Margaret Atwood
the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019. Stelter, Brian (November 18, 2018). "Margaret Atwood is writing a 'Handmaid's Tale' sequel"
The_Testaments
1990 novel by Iain M. Banks
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
Use_of_Weapons
1984 novel by Iain Banks
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
The_Wasp_Factory
1939 novel by Philip George Chadwick
considered a lost novel. In 1992 it was republished, with an introduction by Brian Aldiss. The Death Guard was cited in Karl Edward Wagner's "The Thirteen Best
The_Death_Guard
Subgenre of science fiction and science fantasy
widely accepted by the 1970s, the space opera was redefined, following Brian Aldiss' definition in Space Opera (1974) as – paraphrased by Hartwell and Cramer
Space_opera
1963 science fiction short story by Brian Aldiss
"Old Hundredth" is a science fiction short story by British writer Brian Aldiss. It was first published in Airs of the Earth in 1963 and has been anthologised
Old_Hundredth_(short_story)
American artist (born 1958)
and Nigel Suckling Soft As Steel: The Art of Julie Bell (1999), with Brian Aldiss and Suckling Titans: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell
Julie_Bell
1984 novel by Christopher Priest
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
The_Glamour_(novel)
1984 fantasy novel by Robert Holdstock
insight and individuality". A decade after Mythago Wood was published Brian Aldiss stated that Holdstock's books were full of ancient power, unrivalled
Mythago_Wood
English playwright and novelist (1896–1975)
influence on later science fiction authors such as John Wyndham and Brian Aldiss. Sherriff was nominated along with Eric Maschwitz and Claudine West for
R._C._Sherriff
English novelist (born 1961)
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
Jasper_Fforde
Tomorrow is a collection of science fiction stories, by British writer Brian Aldiss, published in 1959 as an original paperback by Signet Books. "T" (Nebula
No_Time_Like_Tomorrow
Chinese science fiction writer (born 1963)
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
Liu_Cixin
British writer
alongside Jules Verne by a character in the novel The Saliva Tree (1966) by Brian Aldiss, which also refers to H. G. Wells. Kincaid, Paul. "A Timeline of British
Nunsowe_Green
English author and critic (born 1972)
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
China_Miéville
1996 Book by Iain M. Banks
Spring by Brian W. Aldiss (1982) Tik-Tok by John Sladek (1983) Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (1984) Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss (1985) The
Excession
1896 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells
chapter 2 as The Island of Dr. Morbo. Moreau's Other Island (1980) by Brian Aldiss is an updating of the original to a near-future setting. US Under-Secretary
The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau
2021 novel by Becky Chambers
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
The_Galaxy,_and_the_Ground_Within
Annual award for science fiction or fantasy
described as less than in 2014–2017 but more than any year before then. Brian Aldiss, in his book Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction, claimed
Hugo_Award
1998 British TV series or programme
Christopher McKay, David Wynn-Williams, Emily Holton, Peter Cattermole, Brian Aldiss, Sil Read, Wolf Read, Edward K. Smallwood, Adega Zuidema, Steve Hanly
Natural_History_of_an_Alien
American speculative fiction writer (born 1959)
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
Neal_Stephenson
1998 science fiction novella by Ted Chiang
Gardner Dozois English Anthology November 2007 A Science Fiction Omnibus Brian Aldiss English Anthology March 2008 The Mammoth Book of the Best of the Best
Story_of_Your_Life
Science fiction subgenre in a futuristic dystopian setting
with illustrations by Phoebe Gloeckner) — paved the way for cyberpunk. Brian Aldiss practically populated his own subgenre with quirky epics like Acid Head
Cyberpunk
1949 novel by Charles L. Harness
introduction in the 1967 Four Square paperback reprint of the novel, Brian Aldiss terms it a major example of the "Widescreen Baroque" style in science
The_Paradox_Men
UK science fiction magazine history to 1965
printer. He bought the first sales of Robert Silverberg, Bob Shaw, and Brian Aldiss, and gradually raised his pay rates to be competitive even with the US
History of UK science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1965
History_of_UK_science_fiction_and_fantasy_magazines_to_1965
Science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
The_Ministry_for_the_Future
American magazine
Algis Budrys, Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, and the first of Brian Aldiss's Hothouse stories. The first few issues mostly featured cover art by
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_&_Science_Fiction
1976 novel by Brian Aldiss
The Malacia Tapestry is a fantasy-historical novel by British writer Brian Aldiss, published in 1976. The story takes place in a fictional port city called
The_Malacia_Tapestry
Topics referred to by the same term
Antifascist Front of Yugoslavia Aoz Roon, a fictional character from the Brian Aldiss Helliconia trilogy Search for "aoz" , "ao-z", "a-oz", or "a-o-z" on Wikipedia
AOZ
City and district in Oxfordshire, England
Literary Festival each Spring. Well-known Oxford-based authors include: Brian Aldiss (1925–2017), science fiction novelist, lived in Oxford. Vera Brittain
Oxford
English new wave band
Shakespeare, and taking influence from sci-fi authors such as J. G. Ballard, Brian Aldiss and Isaac Asimov, the stage show was to tell the story of a boy called
The_Buggles
Swedish artist and designer (born 1984)
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
Simon_Stålenhag
1992 dystopian novel by P. D. James
infertility. Novels portal Pregnancy in science fiction Greybeard (1964) by Brian Aldiss, a science fiction novel where humanity had been sterilised by a weapon
The_Children_of_Men
Canadian writer (born 1939)
Mendoza 2026: Julian Barnes v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes,
Margaret_Atwood
British publishing house
MacNeice, John Carey, F. R. Leavis, Jacob Bronowski, Jan Morris, and Brian Aldiss. In 2009, Faber Finds began to release e-books. Faber's American arm
Faber_&_Faber
Topics referred to by the same term
biblical place Phagors, fictional creatures in the Helliconia trilogy by Brian Aldiss This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Phagor
Phagor
1970 collection of science fiction short stories
Eclipse is a 1970 collection of science fiction short stories written by Brian Aldiss between 1965 and 1970. It was originally published by Faber & Faber.
The_Moment_of_Eclipse
American science fiction novelist (born 1951)
Writing Course" and "literary boot camp". Eric James Stone, Jamie Ford, Brian McClellan, Mette Ivie Harrison, and John Brown have attended Card's literary
Orson_Scott_Card
British science fiction magazine (1950–1964)
prominent contributors in the 1950s included John Brunner, Ken Bulmer, and Brian Aldiss, whose first novel Nonstop appeared (in an early version) in the February
Science_Fantasy_(magazine)
1958 science fiction novel by Brian Aldiss
Non-Stop is a 1958 science fiction novel by British writer Brian Aldiss. The book features members of a primitive tribe, who set out on a mission of exploration
Non-Stop_(novel)
Subgenus of fig trees
been familiar. The banyan inspired the science-fiction British author Brian Aldiss to create the world-sized Banyan Tree depicted in his novel Hothouse
Banyan
Novel created from published short stories
The Great Explosion (1962) by Eric Frank Russell Hothouse (1962) by Brian Aldiss Savage Pellucidar (1963) by Edgar Rice Burroughs Stormbringer (1965)
Fix-up
2008 anthology edited by Gardner Dozois
Gardner Dozois, published in 2008. It should not be confused with the two Brian Aldiss anthologies Galactic Empires Volumes One and Two published in 1976. The
Galactic_Empires_(anthology)
1951 novel by John Wyndham
exception of a somewhat anticlimactic if perhaps inevitable conclusion". Brian Aldiss coined the disparaging phrase cosy catastrophe to describe the subgenre
The_Day_of_the_Triffids
Topics referred to by the same term
(band) or NuL, a South African band Nul, rulers of a Galactic Empire in Brian Aldiss's Bow Down to Nul Nulato Airport (IATA code), airport in Nulato, Alaska
NUL
American science-fiction writer (born 1985)
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
Becky_Chambers
American-Canadian science fiction author (born 1953)
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
Robert_Charles_Wilson
Science fiction and fantasy literary award
Foundation's Edge Doubleday Robert A. Heinlein Friday Holt, Rinehart & Winston Brian Aldiss Helliconia Spring Atheneum Books Gene Wolfe The Sword of the Lictor Timescape
Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novel
1996 studio album by Alec Empire
synthesizers. The artwork consists of Bruce Pennington's front cover for the Brian Aldiss novel Space, Time and Nathaniel (1957). The same image was used by the
Hypermodern_Jazz_2000.5
2002 weird fantasy novel by China Miéville
v t e Kurd Laßwitz Award for Best Foreign Work Brian Aldiss, Helliconia Spring (1984) Philip K. Dick, VALIS (1985) Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
The_Scar_(novel)
1930 novel by Olaf Stapledon
screened at other film festivals around the world and released on VOD. Brian Aldiss, in his preface to the 1962 edition, acknowledges the deep impression
Last_and_First_Men
1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy
artistic fault of Tolstoy's last full-length novel. — Ernest Simons Brian Aldiss calls it the greatest of Tolstoy's novels. Kenji Mizoguchi said, "[a]ll
Resurrection_(Tolstoy_novel)
English mathematician, mathematical physicist (born 1931)
Cartwright and Stephen Hawking) (1997) White Mars: The Mind Set Free (with Brian Aldiss) (1999) His academic books include: Techniques of Differential Topology
Roger_Penrose
travel, tourism, insurance
BRIAN ALDISS
BRIAN ALDISS
Female
Slovene
Slovene name BRINA means "protector."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Middle Welsh Urien, ORIAN means "privileged birth."
Boy/Male
Celtic
Brave; Virtuous. Famous Bearers: Canadian singer Brian Adams and British singer Bryan Ferry.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Uryan, URIAN means "light."
Male
English
English unisex name derived from the plant name briar, from Old English brer, BRIAR means "prickly bush."
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Irish Brian, BRYAN means "high hill."
Male
Irish
 Irish name derived from Celtic Brigonos, BRIAN means "high hill." Compare with another form of Brian.
Male
Norwegian
 Norwegian form of Latin Adrianus, ARIAN means "from Hadria." Compare with another form of Arian.
Male
Arthurian
, (king; raven); Bran the Blessed.
Girl/Female
Irish
“noble, virtuous.†The feminine of Brian.
Male
French
 French form of Irish Brian, BRIANT means "high hill." Compare with another form of Briant.
Male
English
 Short form of English Brandon, BRAN means "broom-covered hill," and other names beginning with Bran-. Compare with other forms of Bran.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Noble, Virtuous. The feminine of Brian
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celtic, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Gaelic, German, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Lebanese, Swiss
Honourable; Form of Brian; Strength; Noble; Virtuous; High Hill
Girl/Female
Celtic English
Strong. She ascends. Feminine of Brian.
Girl/Female
American, British, Celtic, English
Strong; She Ascends; Female Version of Brian
Male
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Brian, BRION means "high hill."
Girl/Female
African, American, Christian, Gaelic, Indian
Noble; Virtuous; The Feminine of Brian; High Hill; Force; Strength
Male
English
 Old French derogatory byname derived from the Old Occitan word brian, BRIAN means "maggot." Compare with another form of Brian.
Female
Irish
Feminine form of Irish Brian, BRIANA means "high hill."
BRIAN ALDISS
BRIAN ALDISS
BRIAN ALDISS
BRIAN ALDISS
BRIAN ALDISS
BRIAN ALDISS
BRIAN ALDISS
n.
Brain power.
a.
Of or pertaining to the iris.
n.
A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.
v. t.
To conceive; to understand.
n.
Same as Brier.
n.
Bran.
n.
See Prian.
n.
Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
n.
The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.
imp. & p. p.
of Brain
v. t.
To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.
n.
The brain.
n.
Alt. of Briar
n.
The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.
n.
A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore contained in a mixture of clay and pebbles.
a.
Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.
n.
The affections; fancy; imagination.
n.
The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.
n.
The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Brain
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