The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bisson \Bis"son\,
[OE. bisen, bisne, AS. bisen, pro
for b[=i]s?ne; bi by + s?ne clear, akin to se['o]n to see; clear when near, hence short-sighted. See See.] Purblind; blinding. [Obs.] ``Bisson rheum.''
--Shak.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context archaic English) sandblind, purblind 2 (context archaic English) blinding
Wikipedia
Bisson is a surname, and may refer to:
- Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912), French playwright and novelist
- Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (1826–1900), French photographer, brother of Louis-Auguste Bisson
- Baptiste Pierre Bisson (1767–1811), French general of the Napoleonic Wars
- Chris Bisson (b. 1975), British actor
- Claude Bisson (b. 1931), retired Canadian judge
- Gilles Bisson (b. 1957), Canadian politician
- Ivan Bisson (b. 1946), Italian basketball player
- Louis-Auguste Bisson (1814–1876), French photographer, brother of Auguste-Rosalie Bisson
- Terry Bisson (b. 1942), American science fiction and fantasy author
- Yannick Bisson (b. 1969), Canadian film and television actor
Usage examples of "bisson".
Terry Bisson and Neal Barrett alike earn the bulk of their living from novels, yet remain committed to the short story.
Like Bisson, he perpetuates a great tradition of American regionalist and comic writing.
Miller found himself unable to complete the book after decades of work, and agreed, before his death, to have Bisson complete it.
Terry Bisson pubiished three novels, including Fire on the Mountain and Talking Man, before he tried his hand at shorter forms around the end of the 1980s.
Terry Bisson with a collection of nineteen stories, virtually all told in the first person, and in most of which we get a distinct sense of the person speaking.
Not that I think Bisson ought to make himself write more conventionally.
So strap yourselves in, cadets, and brace for lift-off as Commander Bisson launches us towards the cloud-covered second planet in our solar system.
Saunders has somehow managed to develop a considerable literary reputation while writing stories that, for their off-the-wall ideas, comedy, and ultimately affecting conclusions, would not be out of place in a Terry Bisson collection.
Terry Bisson writes science fiction, it is full of detail and fascination with how things work, with deadpan humor, wit, and stylish grace.
In the 1990s Bisson began to write short stories and hit the ground running.
Glen Hirshberg, Nathan Ballingrud, David Prill, Lucius Shepard, Terry Bisson, Paul McAuley, Paul Di Filippo and Howard Waldrop, plus reprint fiction from Frank Belknap Long, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Charles L.
Like Bisson, he perpetuates a great tradition of American regionalist and comic writing.
Bisson has a longer, older row of pop corn to reduce to ashes, and he does a pretty thorough job of doing so.