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.
This dystopian look at the future, one of the most bleak, yet challenging and unconventional, in all of science fiction. In addition, there is a lengthy article from John Brunner. This is an important work in science fiction, and it won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1969.
However, in the early 1980s, he had worked on a project with the late Charles Brown of Locus. This project never came to be, but Brunner had signed a few hundred sheets for the project.