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Sadly neglected now, in the 60s and 70s, Brunner was a star of the SF scene. He wrote a lot of books, producing an output that could occasionally be so-so, but his great books are up among some of the best of the edgy science fiction of the period. Some of Brunner's best books put together a picture of a dark, but entirely believable near future, dystopian but not exaggerated. He often used a montage-like approach, throwing together a mix of 'newspaper cuttings' and other media snippets to build the background picture to the storyline. An essential part of any SF collection.

  The Jagged Orbit -
This is probably Brunner's best known book. Not quite up to Shockwave Rider, but excellent nonetheless. It's a dark story, though not so negative as Stand on Zanzibar. It brings together Brunner's frequent concerns with the power of the military and industrial worlds with a Mafia plot. Race wars threaten to tear the US apart, while the military industrial complex makes its billions - not a happy bunny plot, this.  Out of print in US, but copies available from Amazon Marketplace (under 'More Buying Choices') after clicking the store button.  New 10 February 2002

  The Productions of Time-
A very dark one this, but particularly successful in its claustrophobic horror. An alchoholic actor who is trying to make a comeback after treatment gets a part in an avant garde play where the actors largely improvise - but it begins to seem that the director has not so much a play in mind as the destruction of his actors. With a mix of psycho-modification and time travel it's a remarkable plot (and not too long, unlike some of Brunner's megabooks).  Out of print, but copies available from Amazon Marketplace (under 'More Buying Choices') after clicking the store/shop button.  New 10 February 2002

  The Sheep Look Up -  
Even more depressing than Stand on Zanzibar in its treatment of a horrible future, this plot uses the dangers of pollution to show us how the world could be ruined The seas are foul, the rivers choked, the land poisoned by excessive use of insecticide. No one move outside without a filter mask - the sun is permanently obscured. Brunner takes us through a year of future history in a nightmare world that could still be uncomfortably close to the truth. Out of print in US, but copies available from Amazon Marketplace (under 'More Buying Choices') after clicking the store button.  New 10 February 2002

  The Shockwave Rider -
Arguably Brunner's best, Shockwave Rider combines the rather miserable environment of a bad news novel like Stand on Zanzibar with a sizzling adventure storyline that manages to give it an upbeat feel despite the surroundings. One of the reasons the novel works so well (apart from the prefiguring of the then unimagined Internet) is the way the background is based on the predictions of Alvin Toffler's non-fiction bestseller, Future Shock. Out of print in US, but copies available from Amazon Marketplace (under 'More Buying Choices') after clicking the store button..  New 10 February 2002

  Stand on Zanzibar-
One of the longest SF novels around, this is a real dystopian nightmare of a book. The title refers to the world's expanding population, which at various points in time have been imagined as being able to stand altogether on various islands, Zanzibar fitting the scale of overpopulation Brunner imagines. Strong use of mixed media images, and intertwined stories combine to make this a sometimes frustrating, often fascinating masterpiece. Out of print in US, but copies available from Amazon Marketplace (under 'More Buying Choices') after clicking the store button..  New 10 February 2002

  Times without Number -  
A good, time-based story from Brunner involving 'time wars' and an alternative history that like Keith Roberts' Pavane has the Catholic church in control (in this case after a counter-revolution). Although some have compared it unfavourably with Pavane and Amis's The Alteration, it was a precursor, and is a good enough story to be enjoyable in its own right. Out of print, but copies available from Amazon Marketplace (under 'More Buying Choices') after clicking the store/shop button.  New 10 February 2002

  The Wrong End of Time -  
As a teenager one of my favourite's, this is a rollicking action adventure in the best 'individual takes on a whole army using technology and a wry sense of humour' vein. Okay, it may be unashamedly populist, but it's great fun. The future USA is a fortress, ruled by fear. A young Russian is smuggled through its defences with a terrifying message. An alien ship has entered the solar system and threatens to boil the Earth's mass into raw energy. Nothing like stacking up the odds!  Out of print, but copies available from Amazon Marketplace (under 'More Buying Choices') after clicking the store/shop button.  New 10 February 2002

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