The Sheep Look Up
- Written by John Brunner
- ISBN: 9781933618531
- Format: Hardcover, 460pp
- Publish Date: October 1, 2009
- Dimensions: Unknown Dimensions
- Original Price: US$150
- Genre: Science Fiction
- Publication Type: Novel
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About
John Brunner (1934-1995) was a prolific British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1968 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel. It also won the BSFA award the same year. The Jagged Orbit won the BSFA award in 1970. E served as an officer in the Royal Air Force from 1953 to 1955.John Brunner (1934-1995) was a prolific British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1968 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel. He served as an officer in the Royal Air Force from 1953 to 1955. His health began to decline in the 1980s, and worsened with the death of his wife Marjorie in 1986. It also won the BSFA award the same year.
Food, crops, water and scarce resources are all undergoing major stresses due to human incompetence and greed Forty years ago, Brunner foresaw the catastrophes we are only now coming to grips with n this tale of impending ecological disaster, he describes in detail the lives of people attempting to come to terms with their deteriorating environment This is the first limited edition of The Sheep Look Up ever published.
His edition features a fine introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson, one of science fiction's best-known writers The book also features an interview with Brunner, a column by Brunner, and a lengthy autobiography with photographs igned by Kim Stanley Robinson The book has a printed cloth front panel, Japanese cloth on back panel, top-edge stain, ribbon marker, beautiful European endpapers, full color illustrations, and is over 350 pages.
Edition Details
- Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Bonus essays by John Brunner.
- Color artwork by Dan J. O’Driscoll.
- Printed cloth front panel, ribbon marker, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.
Contents:
- Introduction
- The Sheep Look Up
- John Brunner: A Short Autobiography
- An Interview with John Brunner
- Noise Level: A Grab-Bag of What You Might Call Insight Information
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External Links
- The Sheep Look Up. Centipede Press page for The Sheep Look Up
- John Brunner (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for John Brunner