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10. John Brunner

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:35 AM

Aug 20

In that case, you might want to start with his prior book, Stand on Zanzibar. It is frequently cited as his masterpiece. Like Make Room! Make Room! its primary theme is overpopulation, whereas The Sheep Look Up, usually said to be its “sequel," is about environmental degradation.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190509-the-1968-sci-fi-that-spookily-predicted-today

The 1968 sci-fi that spookily predicted today
10 May 2019

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Beware, Brunner wrote a good deal of “pulp.” (It’s not particularly bad, just not on the same level.) I read an interview with him once where he was asked about that, and he said something like, “The good books take a lot of time to research and write. — In the meantime, I have a family to feed."

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For decades after reading The Sheep Look Up, I found the daily headlines seemed to be drawn from the book OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 #7

Thanks OkItsJustMe jfz9580m Aug 20 #8

John Brunner OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 #10

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Thank You! OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 #12

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Infant mortality rates OKIsItJustMe Thursday #14

That's all too vague imo jfz9580m Friday #15

OK, there's a lot there, much of which I followed and generally agree with OKIsItJustMe Friday #16

Well we'll have to agree to disagree -I don't see it as an either or jfz9580m Friday #17

I don't think we really disagree on all that much OKIsItJustMe Friday #18

I agree with that jfz9580m Friday #19