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John Brunner: Available Copies

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John Brunner Format: Paperback
    by Jad Smith

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Chicago press (2013)


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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

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    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

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    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

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    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

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    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


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John Brunner
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: GreatBookPrices (Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


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John Brunner
    by Smith, Jad

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (2013)


    Seller: Revaluation Books (Exeter, United Kingdom)
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John Brunner
    by Jad Smith

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE (Southport, United Kingdom)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks (Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: GoldBooks (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner
    by Jad Smith

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd. (Galway, GY, Ireland)
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Explores the parallel worlds of a prolific master of science fiction Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314. . 2013. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: Front Cover Books (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: Wizard Books (Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: GoldenDragon (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: Byrd Books (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
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John Brunner
    by Jad Smith

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: Kennys Bookstore (Olney, MD, U.S.A.)
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Explores the parallel worlds of a prolific master of science fiction Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314. . 2013. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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John Brunner
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: GreatBookPricesUK (Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom)
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John Brunner
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


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John Brunner (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


    Seller: GoldBooks (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
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John Brunner (Paperback)
    by Jad Smith

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press, Baltimore (2013)


    Seller: AussieBookSeller (Truganina, VIC, Australia)
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    Book Price: $39.29
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    TOTAL Cost: $76.29

Paperback. Under his own name and numerous pseudonyms, John Brunner (19341995) was one of the most prolific and influential science fiction authors of the late twentieth century. During his exemplary career, the British author wrote with a stamina matched by only a few other great science fiction writers and with a literary quality of even fewer, importing modernist techniques into his novels and stories and probing every major theme of his generation: robotics, racism, drugs, space exploration, technological warfare, and ecology. In this first intensive review of Brunner's life and works, Jad Smith carefully demonstrates how Brunner's much-neglected early fiction laid the foundation for his classic Stand on Zanzibar and other major works such as The Jagged Orbit, The Sheep Look Up, and The Shockwave Rider. Making extensive use of Brunner's letters, columns, speeches, and interviews published in fanzines, Smith approaches Brunner in the context of markets and trends that affected many writers of the time, including Brunner's uneasy association with the "New Wave" of science fiction in the 1960s and '70s. This landmark study shows how Brunner's attempts to cross-fertilize the American pulp tradition with British scientific romance complicated the distinctions between genre and mainstream fiction and between hard and soft science fiction and helped carve out space for emerging modes such as cyberpunk, slipstream, and biopunk. Explores the parallel worlds of a prolific master of science fiction Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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John Brunner (Paperback)
    by Jad Smith

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780252078811
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press, Baltimore (2013)


    Seller: CitiRetail (Stevenage, United Kingdom)
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    TOTAL Cost: $79.01

Paperback. Under his own name and numerous pseudonyms, John Brunner (19341995) was one of the most prolific and influential science fiction authors of the late twentieth century. During his exemplary career, the British author wrote with a stamina matched by only a few other great science fiction writers and with a literary quality of even fewer, importing modernist techniques into his novels and stories and probing every major theme of his generation: robotics, racism, drugs, space exploration, technological warfare, and ecology. In this first intensive review of Brunner's life and works, Jad Smith carefully demonstrates how Brunner's much-neglected early fiction laid the foundation for his classic Stand on Zanzibar and other major works such as The Jagged Orbit, The Sheep Look Up, and The Shockwave Rider. Making extensive use of Brunner's letters, columns, speeches, and interviews published in fanzines, Smith approaches Brunner in the context of markets and trends that affected many writers of the time, including Brunner's uneasy association with the "New Wave" of science fiction in the 1960s and '70s. This landmark study shows how Brunner's attempts to cross-fertilize the American pulp tradition with British scientific romance complicated the distinctions between genre and mainstream fiction and between hard and soft science fiction and helped carve out space for emerging modes such as cyberpunk, slipstream, and biopunk. Explores the parallel worlds of a prolific master of science fiction Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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John Brunner
    by Smith, Jad

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    ISBN: 9780252037337
    Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2013)


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John Brunner Format: Hardcover
    by Jad Smith

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    ISBN: 9780252037337
    Publisher: University of Chicago press (2013)


    Seller: INDOO (Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.)
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