Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner
Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC

The book was a completely different style. I have been introduced to Stand on Zanzibar as being one of the greatest science-fiction novels of all time, which is one difficult expectation to fulfill. Time after I find in the library Stand on Zanzibar and without even read what it was about I borrowed it. Last week I took some time to read Stand on Zanzibar, a 1969 science fiction novel by John Brunner, dealing with a dystopian future and issues of overpopulation. Way too (1) Random acts of violence by crazy individuals, often taking place at schools, plague society in Stand on Zanzibar. Title: Stand on Zanzibar Author: John Brunner Year: 1968. (I love math.) Vader linked to a graphic/factoid that illustrates that. In 1968, John Brunner published Stand on Zanzibar, a sprawling attempt to predict life in a desperately overcrowded year 2010. So when Geoff Ryman assigned Stand on Zanzibar to members of this year's SF Masterclass to read, I was apprehensive. Awards: Hugo Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ – Stand on Zanzibar is set in the 2010s which, in 1968, was the relatively near future. In John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar, one of the major protagonists of the story is a Muslim. All science-fiction authors dream of writing a book that accurately portrays the future. Excuse me tooting my own horn, but I think a comment of mine deserves it's own post. Ini adalah novel scifi terbitan taun 1969 yang ditulis sama John Brunner. I read this book back in 1970, a couple of years after it had been published. Can't say it's stuck with me like Stand on Zanzibar, which is way too f***ing prescient. No portal The Millions, um interessante artigo de Ted Gioia sobre Stand on Zanzibar, a distopia premiada de John Brunner que em 1968 mostrou um ano de 2010 marcado pela sobrepopulação (do qual já falei aqui). Brunner's classic of the dangers of overpopulation is an eerie and unsettling view of humanity's future. Book Review: Stand on Zanzibar. Stand on Zanzibar is a near future dystopian novel about a world struggling with over population.