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The Twilight of Briareus, the Glossary

The Twilight of Briareus is a science-fiction novel by John Middleton Murry Jr., under his pseudonym Richard Cowper.^[1]

32 relations: Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Arthur C. Clarke, Aurora, Brian Aldiss, Brian Stableford, Childhood's End, Christopher Priest (novelist), Comprehensive school, Eden Robinson, Fred Hoyle, Free-ranging dog, Geneva, Geoffrey Hoyle, Greybeard, Gulf Stream, Hecatoncheires, J. G. Ballard, John Clute, John Middleton Murry Jr., Keith Roberts, Lincolnshire, Locus Award, Neil Barron, Neural oscillation, Oxford, Precognition, Robert Sheckley, Science fiction, Supernova, The Day of the Triffids, The Furies (Roberts novel), Victor Gollancz Ltd.
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Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed.

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Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

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An aurora (aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).

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Brian Aldiss

Brian Wilson Aldiss (18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories.

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Brian Stableford

Brian Michael Stableford (25 July 1948 – 24 February 2024) was a British academic, critic and science fiction writer who published a hundred novels and over a hundred volumes of translations.

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Childhood's End

Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke. The Twilight of Briareus and Childhood's End are British science fiction novels.

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Christopher Priest (novelist)

Christopher Mackenzie Priest (14 July 1943 – 2 February 2024) was a British novelist and science fiction writer.

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Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria, usually academic performance.

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Eden Robinson

Eden Victoria Lena Robinson (born 19 January 1968) is an Indigenous Canadian author.

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Fred Hoyle

Sir Fred Hoyle (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was an English astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and was one of the authors of the influential B2FH paper.

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Free-ranging dog

A free-ranging dog is a dog that is not confined to a yard or house.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève)Genf; Ginevra; Genevra.

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Geoffrey Hoyle

Geoffrey Hoyle (born 12 January 1941) is an English science fiction writer, who co-wrote with his father, the astronomer Fred Hoyle.

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Greybeard

Greybeard is a science fiction novel by British author Brian Aldiss, published in 1964. The Twilight of Briareus and Greybeard are British science fiction novels.

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Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States, then veers east near 36°N latitude (North Carolina) and moves toward Northwest Europe as the North Atlantic Current.

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Hecatoncheires

In Greek mythology, the Hecatoncheires, Hekatoncheires (Hundred-Handed Ones), or Hundred-Handers, also called the Centimanes (Centimani) were three monstrous giants, of enormous size and strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms.

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J. G. Ballard

James Graham Ballard (15 November 193019 April 2009) was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media.

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John Clute

John Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969.

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John Middleton Murry Jr.

John Middleton Murry Jr. (9 May 1926 – 31 March 2002) was an English writer who used the names Colin Murry and Richard Cowper.

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Keith Roberts

Keith John Kingston Roberts (20 September 1935 – 5 October 2000) was an English science fiction author.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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Locus Award

The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California.

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Neil Barron

Richard Neil Barron (23 March 1934 - 5 September 2010) was a science fiction bibliographer and scholar.

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Neural oscillation

Neural oscillations, or brainwaves, are rhythmic or repetitive patterns of neural activity in the central nervous system.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Precognition

Precognition (from the Latin prae- 'before', and cognitio 'acquiring knowledge') is the purported psychic phenomenon of seeing, or otherwise becoming directly aware of, events in the future.

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Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was an American writer.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Supernova

A supernova (supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star.

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The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids is a 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. The Twilight of Briareus and the Day of the Triffids are British science fiction novels.

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The Furies (Roberts novel)

The Furies is a novel written by Keith Roberts and published in 1966.

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Victor Gollancz Ltd

Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century and continues to publish science fiction and fantasy titles as an imprint of Orion Publishing Group. The Twilight of Briareus and Victor Gollancz Ltd are Victor Gollancz Ltd books.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_of_Briareus

Also known as Twilight of Briareus.