The Best of John Brunner
 Cover of first edition | |
| Author | John Brunner |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Barclay Shaw |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ballantine/Del Rey |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | xii, 288 |
| ISBN | 0-345-35307-2 |
| Preceded by | The Best of H. P. Lovecraft |
The Best of John Brunner is a collection of science fiction short stories by British author John Brunner. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine/Del Rey in November 1988 as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction.[1]
Summary
[edit]The book contains seventeen short works of fiction by the author, together with an introduction by Joe Haldeman.[1]
Contents
[edit]- "Introduction: The Brunner Mosaic" (Joe Haldeman)
- "The Totally Rich" (from Worlds of Tomorrow, Jun. 1963)
- "The Last Lonely Man" (from New Worlds SF no. 142, May/Jun. 1964)
- "Galactic Consumer Report No. 1: Inexpensive Time Machines" (from Galaxy Magazine, Dec. 1965)
- "Fair" (from New Worlds Science Fiction no. 45, Mar. 1956)
- "Such Stuff" (from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jun. 1962)
- "Galactic Consumer Report No. 2: Automatic Twin-Tube Wishing Machines" (from Galaxy Magazine, Jun. 1966)
- "Tracking with Close-ups (21) and (23)" (excerpts from Stand on Zanzibar, 1968)
- "X-Hero" (from Omni, Mar. 1980)
- "No Future in It" (from Science Fantasy, Sep. 1955)
- "Galactic Consumer Report No. 3: A Survey of the Membership" (from Galaxy Magazine, Dec. 1967)
- "What Friends Are For" (from Fellowship of the Stars, 1974)
- "The Taste of the Dish and the Savor of the Day" (from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Aug. 1977)
- "Galactic Consumer Report No. 4: Thing-of-the-Month Clubs" (from Galaxy Magazine, Jan. 1969)
- "The Man Who Saw the Thousand-Year Reich" (from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov. 1981)
- "An Elixir for the Emperor" (from Fantastic Stories of Imagination, Nov. 1964)
- "The Suicide of Man" (from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Jul./Aug. 1978)
- "The Vitanuls" (from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul. 1967)
Reception
[edit]The book was reviewed by Tom Whitmore in Locus no. 334, November 1988.[1]
Awards
[edit]The book placed thirteenth in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Collection. [1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d The Best of John Brunner title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database