John Brunner

Also known as K. H. Brunner, Henry Crosstrees, Jr., Gill Hunt, John Loxmith, Ellis Quick, Trevor Staines, Keith Woodcott

British author (1934–1995)

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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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Film & TV

Writing

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Austria
Active from: 1934
Active to: 1995

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Listeners: 28
Total plays: 289

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5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,681x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,730x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,357x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,340x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,860x

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Quotes

“Cham Loc knew little of affairs of state, but he was aware that whenever politicians talked about matters of inflexible principle, life was scheduled to become even more difficult that usual.”
““And there are more idiots than suckers in the world,” Barney said with a rueful chuckle. “One every second, not one a minute, right?””
“If you so much as touch him, I’ll have to smash every bone in your body—twice, to make sure I didn’t miss any the first time. I don’t recommend the experience.”
“A doctor is as good as the researchers backing him up.”
“And by the way, it’s knowledge that moves mountains, you know, not faith.”
“Colin felt a shiver pass down his spine. What man, granted total power, could refrain from using it? And would not his first target inevitably be his fellow men?”

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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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date of birth: 1934-09-24
date of death: 1995-08-25
start of work period: 1951-00-00
birth name: John Kilian Houston Brunner
name in native language: John Brunner

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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.

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