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John Brunner
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British author (1934–1995)
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John Brunner was a British novelist and science fiction writer born John Kilian Houston Brunner on 24 September 1934 in Wallingford. He began his work period in 1951 and wrote in the speculative fiction and science fiction genres. His notable works include Stand on Zanzibar, The Shockwave Rider, The Sheep Look Up, and The Jagged Orbit. Other works attributed to him are Polymath, Young Mutants, Born under Mars, To Conquer Chaos, and Time-jump.
Brunner received the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Prix Tour-Apollo Award, and the BSFA Award for Best Novel. He was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella and Locus Awards for Best Novel and Best Science Fiction Novel. He died of myocardial infarction, a natural cause, on 26 August 1995 in Glasgow. He is buried in the Glasgow Necropolis.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 24 September 1934
- Died
- 26 August 1995
- Works
- 289
Top works
- Polymath
- Young Mutants
- Born under Mars
- To Conquer Chaos
- Time-jump
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Key facts
- Born
- John Kilian Houston Brunner , ( 1934-09-24 ) 24 September 1934, Wallingford, Oxfordshire , England
- Died
- 25 August 1995 (1995-08-25) (aged 60), Glasgow , Scotland
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Period
- 1951–1995
- Genre
- Science fiction , fantasy
- Notable works
- Stand on Zanzibar (1968), The Jagged Orbit (1969), The Sheep Look Up (1972), The Shockwave Rider (1975)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Brunner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wallingford
- Place of death
- Glasgow
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Jagged Orbit
- Genre
- science fiction
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1934-09-24
- date of death
- 1995-08-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- birth name
- John Kilian Houston Brunner
- name in native language
- John Brunner
- place of burial
- Glasgow Necropolis
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Encyclopedic overview
John Kilian Houston Brunner (24 September 1934 – 25 August 1995) was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel and the BSFA Award the same year. The Jagged Orbit won the BSFA Award in 1970. His first novel, Galactic Storm, was written under the pen-name Gill Hunt when he was seventeen. He did not start writing full-time until 1958, some years after his military service.
Life
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