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John Kilian Houston Brunner (24 September 1934 – 25 August 1995) was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar , about an overpopulated world , won the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel and the BSFA award the same year.
Aug 26, 1995 · John Brunner (Author of Stand on Zanzibar) Discover new books on Goodreads. See if your friends have read any of John Brunner's books. Join Goodreads. John Brunner’s Followers (432) Born. in Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, England, The United Kingdom. September 24, 1934. Died. August 26, 1995. Genre. Science Fiction & Fantasy. Influences.
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May 10, 2019 · And in the case of John Brunner, a sci-fi author who grew up in an era when the word ‘wireless’ still meant radio – the specificity of his imaginings retains its power to startle.
Stand on Zanzibar is a dystopian New Wave science fiction novel written by John Brunner and first in part published in NEW WORLDS in 1967 and in book form in 1968. The book won a Hugo Award for Best Novel at the 27th World Science Fiction Convention in 1969, as well as the 1969 BSFA Award and the 1973 Prix Tour-Apollo Award . Description.
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John Brunner has 542 books on Goodreads with 154221 ratings. John Brunner’s most popular book is Stand on Zanzibar.
Published in 1968 but set in 2010, Stand on Zanzibar by British author John Brunner accurately predicts an entire host of profound changes that have taken place in our early 21st century. To note a baker's dozen:
People shop in huge department stores, and the streets are adorned with advertisements in electric lights. But even Verne’s novel has to take second place to John Brunner’s Stand On Zanzibar (S.F. MASTERWORKS), which was published over fifty years ago, in 1968.
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