John Brunner
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born
September 24, 1934
died
August 26, 1995
gender
male
place of birth
Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, England, The United Kingdom
genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy
about this author
The late John Brunner was perhaps as well known for much of his career in the US as in the UK. A leftwing activist, with particular connections to the peace movement, much of his best and most mature fiction is involved in a complex analysis of social trends and where they will take us--novels like Stand on Zanzibar which deals with overpopulation, among other things, and The Sheep Look Up, which is one of sf's most telling presentations of environmental degradation, are also technically innovative with their multiple viewpoint storylines, interspersed newspaper headlines and fragments of author characters' expository prose. The Shockwave Rider is more conventional in technique but was one of the first sf novels fully to understand the info...more
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Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner avg rating 4.02 — 281 ratings — published 1968 20 editions |
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The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner avg rating 4.15 — 208 ratings — published 1972 15 editions |
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The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner avg rating 3.92 — 154 ratings — published 1975 14 editions |
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The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner avg rating 3.61 — 36 ratings — published 1969 7 editions |
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The Crucible of Time by John Brunner avg rating 3.48 — 31 ratings — published 1983 4 editions |
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The Whole Man by John Brunner avg rating 3.75 — 28 ratings — published 1964 8 editions |
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The Compleat Traveller in Black by John Brunner avg rating 3.73 — 26 ratings — published 1986 4 editions |
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The Squares of the City by John Brunner avg rating 3.48 — 27 ratings — published 1965 7 editions |
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Polymath by John Brunner avg rating 3.46 — 24 ratings — published 1974 3 editions |
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Total Eclipse by John Brunner avg rating 3.53 — 17 ratings — published 1974 6 editions |
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"It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button. "
— John Brunner (Stand on Zanzibar)
— John Brunner (Stand on Zanzibar)
"'Shit, I forgot. This time of the afternoon the bar's probably shut. Half the staff has gone sick again. Mono, I think. Well, let's go look anyway; we might be lucky. We can't go up to my room--it's full of bugs.'
'Which kind?'
'Both.'"
— John Brunner (The Sheep Look Up)
'Which kind?'
'Both.'"
— John Brunner (The Sheep Look Up)
"to travel faster than a speeding bullet is not much help if you and it are heading straight towards each other"
— John Brunner (The Infinitive of Go)
— John Brunner (The Infinitive of Go)
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