The Sheep Look Up

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1991-01
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 0099377705

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The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner Pdf

Food and crops, water and scarce resources--all are undergoing major stresses due to human incompetence and greed. In "The Sheep Look Up," Brunner describes the lives of the people in the midst of ecological catastrophe and their attempts to come to terms with their environment. This is the first limited edition of "The Sheep Look Up" ever published. This edition features an introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson, one of science fiction's best-known writers. The book is also signed by Robinson and features an interview with Brunner, a column by John Brunner, and a short autobiography with photographs.

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429978842

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Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner Pdf

The brilliant 1969 Hugo Award-winning novel from John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar, now included with a foreword by Bruce Sterling Norman Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporations. His work is leading General Technics to the forefront of global domination, both in the marketplace and politically---it's about to take over a country in Africa. Donald Hogan is his roommate, a seemingly sheepish bookworm. But Hogan is a spy, and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world...and kill him. These two men's lives weave through one of science fiction's most praised novels. Written in a way that echoes John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy, Stand on Zanzibar is a cross-section of a world overpopulated by the billions. Where society is squeezed into hive-living madness by god-like mega computers, mass-marketed psychedelic drugs, and mundane uses of genetic engineering. Though written in 1968, it speaks of now, and is frighteningly prescient and intensely powerful. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497617728

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The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner Pdf

Nebula Award Finalist:Mankind has been reduced to slavery by technology and surveillance, in this near-future novel from the author of Stand on Zanzibar. In The Jagged Orbit, Brunner, writing at the peak of form that allowed him to create Stand on Zanzibar, takes a long, hard, disturbing, and hilarious look at the near and not-so-distant future. Catastrophic changes due to rampant drug abuse, uncontrolled violence, high-level government corruption, inhumane treatment of the too-readily defined “insane,” and the accompanying collapse of the social order are wreaking havoc on the world we recognize and turning it into a reality we must fear and hope to avoid. Brunner tells a spine-chilling tale of where the world could possibly go that is all too believable and real for our comfort. “For each generation, there is a writer meant to bend the rules of what we know. Hugo Award winner (Best Novel, Stand on Zanzibar) and British science fiction master John Brunner remains one of the most influential and respected authors of all time, and now many of his classic works are being reintroduced. For readers familiar with his vision, it is a chance to reexamine his thoughtful worlds and words. For new readers, Brunner’s work proves itself the very definition of timeless.

Author : Leonie Swann
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385673792

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Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann Pdf

A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd. On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, a flock of sheep gathers around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared devotedly for the flock, even reading them books every night. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), they set out to find George’s killer. The A-team of investigators includes Othello, the “bad-boy” black ram; Mopple the Whale, a Merino who eats a lot and remembers everything; and Zora, a pensive black-faced ewe with a weakness for abysses. Joined by other members of the richly talented flock, they engage in nightlong discussions about the crime, wild metaphysical speculations, and embark on reconnaissance missions into the village, where they encounter some likely suspects. Along the way, the sheep confront their own all-too-human struggles with guilt, misdeeds, and unrequited love. Funny, fresh, and endearing, it introduces a wonderful new breed of detectives to Canadian readers.

Author : Neil Barron
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UCSC:32106017538494

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Anatomy of Wonder by Neil Barron Pdf

This classic work is an essential tool for collection development, research, reference, and readers' advisory work."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575101678

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The Infinitive of Go by John Brunner Pdf

CODE NAME POSTER The first practical matter transmitter was a success, or so everyone thought. In spite of paranoid security restrictions, Justin Williams and Cinnamon Wright, co- inventors of the device, counted on it to revolutionise civilisation and gain them an honoured place in history. But the first long-distance field test with a human being ? a diplomatic courier carrying a vital message ? somehow misfired when the courier killed himself on arrival at his destination. To prove his faith in his invention ? and to escape charges of sabotage ? Justin had himself ?posted? thousands of miles. He came through unchanged. It was the world that was somehow different?

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497622326

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The Crucible of Time by John Brunner Pdf

An alien race struggles to survive on an uninhabitable planet in this “impeccably detailed and beautifully thought out” novel from a Hugo Award winner (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). On a planet besieged with cosmic dust, where meteors of all sizes frequently hit, wiping out entire civilizations, a strange alien species struggles against extinction over the course of millennia. As their star grows hotter, melting ice caps and causing more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, higher levels of radiation lead to higher rates of mutation. Plants that had been edible become poisonous or die off altogether. Watching their dire situation only get worse, the planet’s scientists finally acknowledge that to survive long-term, the inhabitants will have to abandon their fraught home world and become a space-faring species. In a story that spans millennia, Hugo Award–winning author and British science fiction master John Brunner introduces us to an alien race that takes control of their own evolution and builds the technological society that will be their way into space. “One of the most important science fiction authors. Brunner held a mirror up to reflect our foibles because he wanted to save us from ourselves.” —SF Site

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497617933

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The Whole Man by John Brunner Pdf

This “story of a severely handicapped man in a Dystopic world . . . very much reminds you of the Cyberpunk novels that would appear 20 years later” (Wanderings). In A Whole Man, a baby boy is born in a hospital surrounded by the chaos of battle and civil unrest. The birth is unremarkable and little noted, but the child, Gerald Howson, turns out to be very special. He is afflicted by infirmities and bodily flaws, but his mind becomes a miraculous device, capable of telepathic marvels that can, and do, change the world. But the power fantasies that sometimes tempt him are deadly to those near him and can ultimately threaten the whole of the world. And a man in a physical envelope that inspires pity and fright turns out to be the embodiment of a superman. This ebook was originally published in the United Kingdom under the title Telepathist. For each generation, there is a writer meant to bend the rules of what we know. Hugo Award winner (Best Novel, Stand on Zanzibar) and British science fiction master John Brunner remains one of the most influential and respected authors of all time, and now many of his classic works are being reintroduced. For readers familiar with his vision, it is a chance to reexamine his thoughtful worlds and words, while for new readers, Brunner’s work proves itself the very definition of timeless.

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497617810

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The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner Pdf

Nebula Award Finalist: A “brilliantly crafted, engrossing” dystopian novel of environmental disaster by the Hugo Award–winning author of Stand on Zanzibar (The Guardian). In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring, and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkable—unless you’re poor and have no choice. Large corporations fighting over profits from gas masks, drinking water, and clean food tower over an ineffectual, corrupt government. Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The “trainites,” a group of violent environmental activists, want him to lead their movement; the government wants him dead; and the media demands amusement. But Train just wants to survive. More than a novel of science fiction, The Sheep Look Up is a skillful and frightening political and social commentary that takes its place next to other remarkable works of dystopian literature, such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, and George Orwell’s 1984.

Author : Bruce Whatley,Jackie French
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780730443797

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Pete the Sheep by Bruce Whatley,Jackie French Pdf

There's no cutting corners on this durable edition featuring Pete and other favourite friends at Sean's Sheep Salon. the award-winning team behind Diary of a Wombat have joined forces again to create another highly amusing picture book.Sean is a shearer and instead of a sheepdog to help him, he's got a sheep sheep - Pete. After being rejected by the other shearers and their dogs, Sean and Pete set up a sheep salon in town. Sheep from everywhere arrive to have their wool shorn in the latest style and even the shearers' dogs end up arriving for a cut in order to look gorgeous.Jackie and Bruce have created the perfect combination of words and illustrations in this irreverent look at the world of sheep shearing.Ages 4-9

Author : Neil Astley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015061196625

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The Sheep who Changed the World by Neil Astley Pdf

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497617544

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A Maze of Stars by John Brunner Pdf

A thought-provoking novel of a sentient spaceship’s voyages, from the Hugo Award–winning author of Stand on Zanzibar. "One of the most important science fiction authors. Brunner held a mirror up to reflect our foibles because he wanted to save us from ourselves." —SF Site Among six hundred thousand stars visited by man, sixty thousand have planets hospitable to life, six thousand have developed life and six hundred have been settled, or seeded, with humanity. A vast vessel, known simply as Ship, travels an endless route, checking in with all the settled planets, observing, offering help where it can as some flourish, some falter but all change and evolve. Unexpectedly, Ship has developed feelings and intelligence and it struggles with human-like emotions as it sees the many ways that man can evolve or devolve when left to his own devices with the one eternal constant--change.

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497617872

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The Squares of the City by John Brunner Pdf

Hugo Award Finalist: “Story plotting holding much in common with chess . . . An exciting political thriller in the vein of Graham Greene” (Speculiction). In The Squares of the City, Brunner takes the moves of a classic championship chess game and uses them as the structure to build a novel about a revolution in a South American country obsessed with chess and dominated by a dictator who sees people as pawns in his game of power and survival. Intriguing premise, dramatic story, future setting, great entertainment. “One of the most important science fiction authors. Brunner held a mirror up to reflect our foibles because he wanted to save us from ourselves.” —SF Site

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497617575

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Children of the Thunder by John Brunner Pdf

Telepathic children hold the fate of humanity in their hands in this “compulsively readable novel” from the Hugo Award–winning author of Stand on Zanzibar (The Washington Post). In Children of the Thunder, Brunner creates another near-contemporary vision of a world gone awry and proposes a peculiarly disturbing and frightening solution. Starting separately, a small number of very smart and uniquely talented children, none more than fourteen years old, create lucrative designer drugs, kill a Marine commando in unarmed combat, run a sex-ring of chilling depravity. None of them are even punished for their crimes. Combine powers of mental control and irresistible suggestion with creative and completely amoral intelligence and you have the recipe for a super-race of world-savers—or for the subjugation of all humanity to a new form of collective evil. “One of the most important science fiction authors. Brunner held a mirror up to reflect our foibles because he wanted to save us from ourselves.” —SF Site

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497617698

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The Compleat Traveller in Black by John Brunner Pdf

One journey. Six stories. Mind-blowing fantasy from the Hugo Award winner, “one of the most important science fiction authors” (SF Site). In The Compleat Traveller in Black, six linked tales, comprising one of Brunner’s rare ventures into fantasy, relate the legend of a man with many names, who travels the world with a staff made of light and performs his eternal duty by bringing order to a world filled with chaos. What he dispenses is always asked for but not always welcomed by the recipients. And the world becomes, step by slow step, a better place for those who remain. For each generation, there is a writer meant to bend the rules of what we know. Hugo Award winner (Best Novel, Stand on Zanzibar) and British science fiction master John Brunner remains one of the most influential and respected authors of all time, and now many of his classic works are being reintroduced. For readers familiar with his vision, this is a chance to reexamine his thoughtful worlds and words, while for new readers, Brunner’s work proves itself the very definition of timeless.