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/ˈbəɹoʊz, ˈbɝoʊz/
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NOUN
- United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)
- United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
- United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
How To Use Burroughs In A Sentence
- A handwriting expert also confirmed that the signature at the bottom of the letter was not that of Mrs Burroughs. Times, Sunday Times
- After a slow May in which he batted just .250 while being slowed by aftereffects from the injury, Burroughs rebounded to hit .355 in the month of June and .362 in the month of July. USATODAY.com - Padres 2002 prospect report
- Burroughs really sits between SF and fantasy (with a touch of proto-superhero in Tarzan), and Moorcock is its own blend of sci-fantasy. Quote of the Day
- If Mr. Burroughs cannot answer to his own satisfaction, he may call Dr. Romanes a nature-faker and dismiss the incident from his mind. The Other Animals
- Nothing a writer says surprises me anymore, not even if Jeff VanderMeer told me he did his first drafts while dangling naked upside from a coconut palm, writing in squid ink through the hollowed fingerbone of William S. Burroughs. MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 1)
- He didn't represent me, but he represented my father-in-law, Peter Burroughs.
- Given that Interzone took its name from Burroughs's city, I think its fair to say that while "Jingling Geordie's Hole" lies, as I recall, at the extreme end of its output at that time, a certain "fucked-up" aesthetic was at play in those early days of the magazine, before Cyberpunk, before the New Space Opera, before the New Weird, or Mundane-SF, or even Infernokrusher. Why Do I Infernokrush?
- Brando was the perfect icon for the 'beat' generation of Jack Kerouac, William S Burroughs and Allan Ginsberg.
- Princess of Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. In the first book of the "John Carter" series, a Confederate soldier finds himself transported to Mars where he wins acclaim as a warrior.
- A guy named Otis Adelbert Kline made a whole career out of publishing imitations of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Someone Is Angry On the Internet