A while back I was introduced to the science fiction novels of John Brunner.
Brunner’s novel ‘Stand On Zanzibar’ won the 1969 Hugo award for best science fiction novel. It’s set in the early 21st Century. Some of the wild ideas he introduced were middle-class folks needing room mates to afford rent; mass shootings as a common occurrence; legalized pot; the list goes on and on. Basically, he did a great job of predicting the future.
His book “The Sheep Look Up” predicts a climate/pollution collapse.
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A while back I was introduced to the science fiction novels of John Brunner.
Brunner’s novel ‘Stand On Zanzibar’ won the 1969 Hugo award for best science fiction novel. It’s set in the early 21st Century. Some of the wild ideas he introduced were middle-class folks needing room mates to afford rent; mass shootings as a common occurrence; legalized pot; the list goes on and on. Basically, he did a great job of predicting the future.
His book “The Sheep Look Up” predicts a climate/pollution collapse.
Eerily accurate guy
Another great book by him is The Shockwaver Rider, which predicted:
I’ll see your computer worm and raise you a waldo.
https://cyberneticzoo.com/teleoperators/1942-waldo-and-waldoes/
Thank you for the reminder, time to read his books again.
In a way, I feel like I never stopped reading it…