The Best of John Brunner


The Best of John Brunner is a collection of science fiction short stories by British author John Brunner. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine/Del Rey in November 1988 as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction.

Summary

The book contains seventeen short works of fiction by the author, together with an introduction by Joe Haldeman.

Contents

  • "Introduction: The Brunner Mosaic"
  • "The Totally Rich"
  • "The Last Lonely Man"
  • "Galactic Consumer Report No. 1: Inexpensive Time Machines"
  • "Fair"
  • "Such Stuff"
  • "Galactic Consumer Report No. 2: Automatic Twin-Tube Wishing Machines"
  • "Tracking with Close-ups and "
  • "X-Hero"
  • "No Future in It"
  • "Galactic Consumer Report No. 3: A Survey of the Membership"
  • "What Friends Are For"
  • "The Taste of the Dish and the Savor of the Day"
  • "Galactic Consumer Report No. 4: Thing-of-the-Month Clubs"
  • "The Man Who Saw the Thousand-Year Reich"
  • "An Elixir for the Emperor"
  • "The Suicide of Man"
  • "The Vitanuls"

Reception

The book was reviewed by Tom Whitmore in Locus no. 334, November 1988.

Awards

The book placed thirteenth in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Collection.