1988 collection of short stories by John Brunner
The Best of John Brunner is acollection ofscience fictionshort stories by British authorJohn Brunner (1934–1995). It was first published in paperback byBallantine/Del Rey in November 1988 as a volume in itsClassic Library of Science Fiction.[1]
The book contains seventeen short works of fiction by the author, together with an introduction byJoe Haldeman.[1]
- "Introduction: The Brunner Mosaic" (Joe Haldeman)
- "The Totally Rich" (fromWorlds of Tomorrow, Jun. 1963)
- "The Last Lonely Man" (fromNew Worlds SF no. 142, May/Jun. 1964)
- "Galactic Consumer Report No. 1: Inexpensive Time Machines" (fromGalaxy Magazine, Dec. 1965)
- "Fair" (fromNew Worlds Science Fiction no. 45, Mar. 1956)
- "Such Stuff" (fromThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jun. 1962)
- "Galactic Consumer Report No. 2: Automatic Twin-Tube Wishing Machines" (fromGalaxy Magazine, Jun. 1966)
- "Tracking with Close-ups (21) and (23)" (excerpts fromStand on Zanzibar, 1968)
- "X-Hero" (fromOmni, Mar. 1980)
- "No Future in It" (fromScience Fantasy, Sep. 1955)
- "Galactic Consumer Report No. 3: A Survey of the Membership" (fromGalaxy Magazine, Dec. 1967)
- "What Friends Are For" (fromFellowship of the Stars, 1974)
- "The Taste of the Dish and the Savor of the Day" (fromThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Aug. 1977)
- "Galactic Consumer Report No. 4: Thing-of-the-Month Clubs" (fromGalaxy Magazine, Jan. 1969)
- "The Man Who Saw the Thousand-Year Reich" (fromThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov. 1981)
- "An Elixir for the Emperor" (fromFantastic Stories of Imagination, Nov. 1964)
- "The Suicide of Man" (fromIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Jul./Aug. 1978)
- "The Vitanuls" (fromThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul. 1967)
The book was reviewed byTom Whitmore inLocus no. 334, November 1988.[1]
The book placed thirteenth in the 1989Locus Poll Award for Best Collection.[1]
