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Entry Updated : 10/28/2003
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John Brunner
Birth Date :
1934
Death Date :
1995
Known As :
Brunner, John Kilian Houston,Loxsmith, John,Staines, Trevor,Woodcott, Keith,Brunner, John K.H.,Hunt, Gil (British novelist, 1934-1995)
Place of Birth:
United Kingdom,Oxfordshire
Place of Death:
United Kingdom,Glasgow
Nationality :
British
Occupation :
Novelist
Personal Information:

Family: Born September 24, 1934, in Oxfordshire, England; died of a heart attack August 25, 1995, in Glasgow, Scotland; son of Anthony and Felicity (Whittaker) Brunner; married Marjorie Rosamond Sauer, July 12, 1958 (deceased, 1986); married Li Yi Tan, September 27, 1991. Education: Attended Cheltenham College, 1948-51. Memberships: European Science Fiction Society (past joint president), World SF, Science Fiction Writers of America, Writers' Guild, Society of Authors, Science Fiction Foundation (past vice president), British Science Fiction Association (past chair), Herb Society, English Folk Dance & Song Society.

Writings:

  • Horses at Home, Spring Books, 1958.
  • The Brink, Gollancz, 1959.
  • Echo in the Skull (bound with Rocket to Limbo by Alan E. Nourse), Ace Books, 1959, expanded version published as Give Warning to the World, DAW, 1974.
  • The Hundredth Millennium (bound with Edge of Time by David Grinnell), Ace Books, 1959, revised and enlarged edition of first title published as Catch a Falling Star, Ace Books, 1968, reprinted, Ballantine, 1982.
  • Threshold of Eternity (bound with The War of Two Worlds by Poul Andersen), Ace Books, 1959.
  • The World Swappers (bound with The Siege of the Unseen by A. E. Van Vogt), Ace Books, 1959.
  • Slavers of Space (bound with Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick), Ace Books, 1960, revised edition of first title published as Into the Slave Nebula, Lancer Books, 1968, reprinted, Millington, 1980.
  • The Skynappers (bound with Vulcan's Hammer by Dick), Ace Books, 1960.
  • Sanctuary in the Sky (bound with The Secret Martians by Jack Sharkey), Ace Books, 1960.
  • The Atlantic Abomination (bound with Martian Missile by Grinnell), Ace Books, 1960, reprinted, 1976.
  • Meeting at Infinity (bound with Beyond the Silver Sky by Kenneth Bulmer), Ace Books, 1961.
  • Secret Agent of Terra (bound with The Rim of Space by A. B. Chandler), Ace Books, 1962, revised and enlarged edition published as The Avengers of Carrig, Dell, 1969.
  • The Super Barbarians, Ace Books, 1962.
  • Times without Number (bound with Destiny's Orbit by Grinnell), Ace Books, 1962, revised edition, 1969, reprinted, Ballantine, 1983.
  • No Future in It, and Other Science Fiction Stories, Gollancz, 1962, Doubleday, 1964.
  • The Dreaming Earth, Pyramid Books, 1963.
  • The Astronauts Must Not Land and The Space-Time Juggler, Ace Books, 1963, revised version of first title published as More Things in Heaven, Dell, 1973.
  • The Castaways' World and The Rites of Ohe, Ace Books, 1963, revised edition of first title published as Polymath, DAW Books, 1978.
  • Listen! The Stars! (bound with The Rebellers by James Roberts), Ace Books, 1963, enlarged version published as The Stardroppers, DAW, 1972.
  • The Rites of Ohe, Ace Books, 1963.
  • Endless Shadow (bound with The Arsenal of Miracles by Gardner F. Fox), Ace Books, 1964, expanded version of first title published as Manshape, DAW, 1982.
  • The Crutch of Memory, Barrie & Rockliff, 1964.
  • To Conquer Chaos, Ace Books, 1964.
  • The Whole Man, Ballantine, 1964, published in England as Telepathist, Faber, 1965, Collier Books (New York, NY), 1990.
  • The Squares of the City, Ballantine, 1965, Collier Books, (New York, NY), 1991.
  • The Long Result, Faber, 1965, Ballantine, 1981.
  • Now Then: Three Stories, Mayflower, 1965, Avon, 1968.
  • Wear the Butchers' Medal, Pocket Books, 1965.
  • The Altar on Asconel (bound with Android Avenger by Ted White), Ace Books, 1965.
  • Enigma from Tantalus, Ace Books, 1965.
  • The Repairmen of Cyclops, Ace Books, 1965.
  • The Day of the Star Cities, Ace Books, 1965.
  • A Planet of Your Own (bound with Beast of Kohl by John Rackham), Ace Books, 1966.
  • No Other Gods but Me, Compact Books, 1966.
  • Out of My Mind, Ballantine, 1967.
  • The Productions of Time, New American Library, 1967.
  • Quicksand, Doubleday, 1967.
  • Born under Mars, Ace Books, 1967.
  • Bedlam Planet, Ace Books, 1968, Ballantine, 1982.
  • Not before Time, New English Library, 1968.
  • Stand on Zanzibar, Doubleday, 1968, Ballantine, 1988.
  • Father of Lies (bound with Mirror Image by Bruce Duncan), Belmont Books, 1968.
  • A Plague on Both Your Causes, Hodder & Stoughton, 1969, published in the United States as Blacklash, Pyramid, 1969.
  • Black Is the Color, Pyramid, 1969.
  • Double, Double, Ballantine, 1969.
  • The Evil That Men Do (bound with The Purloined Planet by Lin Carter), Belmont-Tower, 1969.
  • Timescoop, Dell, 1969.
  • The Jagged Orbit, Ace Books, 1969.
  • Good Men Do Nothing, Hodder & Stoughton, 1970, Pyramid, 1971.
  • The Gaudy Shadows, Constable, 1970, Beagle Books, 1971.
  • The Devil's Work, Norton, 1970.
  • Honky in the Woodpile: A Max Curfew Thriller, Constable, 1971.
  • The Wrong End of Time, Doubleday, 1971.
  • Traveler in Black (short stories), Ace Books, 1971.
  • The Sheep Look Up, Harper, 1972, BenBella Books, (Dallas, TX), 2003.
  • Entry to Elsewhen (short stories), DAW Books, 1972.
  • From This Day Forward, Doubleday, 1972.
  • The Dramaturges of Yan, Ace Books, 1972, Ballantine, 1982.
  • Age of Miracles, Ace Books, 1973, revised version published as The Crucible of Time, Ballantine, 1984.
  • The Stone That Never Came Down, Doubleday, 1973.
  • Web of Everywhere, Bantam, 1974, published as The Webs of Everywhere, Del Rey, 1983.
  • The Shockwave Rider, Harper, 1975.
  • Total Eclipse, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975, DAW Books, 1978.
  • The Book of John Brunner, DAW, 1976.
  • (Contributor) The Craft of Science Fiction, edited by R. Bretnor, Harper, 1976.
  • Interstellar Empire, DAW Books, 1978.
  • Tomorrow May Even Be Worse, NESFA Press, 1978.
  • Foreign Constellations: The Fantastic Worlds of John Brunner (short stories), Everest House, 1979.
  • The Infinitive of Go, Del Rey Books, 1980.
  • Players at the Game of People, Ballantine, 1980.
  • A New Settlement of Old Scores, New England Science Fiction Association, 1983.
  • The Great Steamboat Race, Ballantine, 1983.
  • The Tides of Time, Ballantine, 1984.
  • The Compleat Traveller in Black (short stories), Blue Jay Books, 1986, Collier Books (New York, NY), 1989.
  • The Shift Key, Methuen, 1987.
  • Children of the Thunder, Ballantine, 1989.
  • John Brunner presents Kipling's Fantasy: Stories, TOR (New York, NY), 1992, republished as The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling, Carol Pub. Group (Secaucus, NJ), 1994.
  • (With Rudyard Kipling), The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling, Carol Publishing Group (Secaucus, NJ), 1994.
  • Three Complete Novels (includes Children of the Thunder, The Tides of Time, and The Crucible of Time), Wings Books (New York, NY), 1995.

Also author of The Best of John Brunner, edited by Joe Haldeman, 1988. UNDER PSEUDONYM KEITH WOODCOTT

  • I Speak for Earth (bound with Wandl the Invader by Ray Carmings), Ace Books, 1961.
  • The Ladder in the Sky (bound with The Darkness before Tomorrow ) Ace Books, 1962, first title published separately, 1965.
  • The Psionic Menace (bound with Captives of the Flame by Samuel R. Delany), Ace Books, 1963.
  • The Martian Sphinx, Ace Books, 1965.

Translator of The Overlords of War by Gerard Klein, Femme Fatale by Marianne Leconte, and Transisters by Christine Renard; translator of poems by Rilke, George, Ausonius, and others. Stories appear in numerous anthologies including Sixth Annual of the Year's Best SF, Yet More Penguin Science Fiction, More Adventures on Other Planets, Great Science Fiction Adventures, and Alien Worlds.

Also author of film scripts, including The Terrornauts, Amicus Productions, 1967; author of songs recorded by Pete Seeger and other performing artists. Contributor to many science fiction magazines, and to Peace News, Aspects, Reason, and other journals. Contributing editor, Sanity, 1964-73.

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, 2003
Gale Database: Contemporary Authors Online
Source Citation: " John Brunner." 2003. Books & Authors. Gale. Gale Internal User 2 Sep 2010 <http://books.wiseto.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>