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008			130109s2012 ilu o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9780252094514
020			_z9780252037337 (hardback)
020			_z9780252078811 (paperback)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aPR6052.R8 _bZ87 2012
082	0	0	_a823/.914 _223
100	1		_aSmith, Jad.
245	1	0	_aJohn Brunner _h[electronic resource] / _cJad Smith.
260			_aUrbana : _bUniversity of Illinois Press, _c[2012] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (184 pages :) _billustrations ;
490	0		_aModern masters of science fiction
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 141-175) and index.
520			_a"Under his own name and numerous pseudonyms, John Brunner (1934-1995) was one of the most prolific and influential science fiction authors of the late twentieth century. He began his writing career in his teens, selling his first novel in 1951 and two stories to pulp magazines the year after. His career was both typical and exemplary. Typical, because to make a living he had to write continuously and for a readership in both Britain and the United States. Exemplary because he wrote with a stamina matched by only a few of the great science fiction writers, and with a literary quality of even fewer. He imported modernist techniques into his novels and stories and probed every major theme of his generation: robotics, racism, drugs, space exploration, technological warfare. Brunner also wrote about science fiction in essays and editorials that reveal his thoughts, tastes, and ambitions, and that reflect the changing appeal and value of science fiction over the last half of the twentieth century. The passage of time and the verdict of readers have established that at least two of his books--Stand on Zanzibar (1968) and The Sheep Look Up (1972)--have risen to the status of science fiction classics, the first for its depiction of the consequences of overpopulation and and the second for ecological collapse. These two novels and a shelf of others are well known to sf enthusiasts and scholars, but Brunner's massive output and use of multiple pseudonyms have defied a thoroughly scholarly survey of his career until now. Smith's book will be the first intensive look at Brunner's life and works"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aBrunner, John, _d1934-1995 _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aFICTION / Science Fiction / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aScience fiction, English _xHistory and criticism.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780252094514/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c31830 _d31830