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A wake-up call to a world slumbering in the opium dream of consumerisum; in the hazy certainty that we humans were in charge of nature. Science fiction is not about predicting the future, it's about elucidating the present and the past. Brunner's 1968 nightmare is crystallizing around us, in ways he could not have foreseen then. If the right people had read this book, and acted in accordance with its precepts and spirit, our world would not be in such precarious shape today. Maybe it's time for a new generation to read it. "Joe Haldeman"
A quite marvelous projection in which John Brunner landscapes a future that seems the natural foster child of the present. "Kirkus Reviews""
"A wake-up call to a world slumbering in the opium dream of consumerisum; in the hazy certainty that we humans were in charge of nature. Science fiction is not about predicting the future, it's about elucidating the present and the past. Brunner's 1968 nightmare is crystallizing around us, in ways he could not have foreseen then. If the right people had read this book, and acted in accordance with its precepts and spirit, our world would not be in such precarious shape today. Maybe it's time for a new generation to read it." --Joe Haldeman
"A quite marvelous projection in which John Brunner landscapes a future that seems the natural foster child of the present." --Kirkus Reviews
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 576 pages. Text tannedOriginally published, New York: Doubled ay, 1968; London: Macdonald & Co., 1969. Seller Inventory # 880al
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.66. Seller Inventory # G0090047907I5N00
Book Description paperback. Condition: Good. Seller Inventory # 231010001
Book Description Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1971 Edition. © 1969: A stand-alone novel by John Brunner. 1st printing of 1971 edition:- Synopsis: They'll tell you that the whole human race could be put on the 147-square-mile Isle of Wight. They couldn't move of course, just stand there. True? Maybe in 1918. Now you'd need the 221-square-mile Isle of Man. By 2010, something larger, something like the 640-square-mile Zanzibar. By 2010 there are more than 7 billion people crowding the world. A world of accelaratubes, Moonbase Zero, intelligent computers and mass-marketed psychedelics. A world where a quiet man can be turned into a human machine, programmed to kill. A terrifying world because all the elements are already discernible in this world now:- (original cost 10' (£0.50)). Seller Inventory # 18.003.00073
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Collectable, very good. 1st. VG- condition, signed and dated (1978) by author on title page. First printing of the 1971 Arrow Books edition, 573pp. Cover edges moderately rubbed, spine creased, prior owner's name on first page. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. Seller Inventory # 67565
Book Description paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable. book. Seller Inventory # D8S0-3-M-0090047907-3