tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post3649052411945443181..comments2024-03-26T17:54:54.592+01:00Comments on Speculiction...: Review of The Jagged Orbit by John BrunnerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-65271244814692918882013-12-02T13:24:30.270+01:002013-12-02T13:24:30.270+01:00Yeah, I would make a similar argument about his re...Yeah, I would make a similar argument about his relevance. My point was more about the incredible disparity between his awful pulp endeavors (often written simultaneously with Stand and The Jagged Orbit etc) and these works. Little of the brilliance seeps over unfortunately.... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-25181516387816115642013-11-29T18:24:03.072+01:002013-11-29T18:24:03.072+01:00I get the impression scholars, learned critics, an...I get the impression scholars, learned critics, and connoisseurs of the genre are well aware of Brunner's--indeed--important works. <i>The Jagged Orbit</i>, <i>Stand on Zanzibar</i>, and <i>The Sheep Look Up</i> are among the top works science fiction has on offer. But for reasons I cannot voice with certainty, he remains unknown amongst the so-called literati outside our field. Huxley, Orwell, Bradbury,,and a couple of others are recognized, but Brunner gets short shrift. While I don't think recognition by the literati is vital to Brunner's stature, I do think his three 'big' books offer everything those authors I mentioned have, and sometimes more. Doubletalk, John the Savage, and book burning are concepts most non-sci-fi readers recognize, yet Chad Mulligan's name is something they've never heard of--but should. I would love to see something like <i>The Jagged Orbit</i> take the place of <i>Fahrenheit 451</i> in American schools as required reading. Given the fact (e)books do not face extinction anytime soon and the amount of violence and weapons in society is on the rise, Brunner's book just seems more relevant. Alas...Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-53072177476704857682013-11-29T03:15:22.456+01:002013-11-29T03:15:22.456+01:00LOVE this book (but really really need to read it ...LOVE this book (but really really need to read it again) -- and Stand on Zanzibar (my all time fav SF novel)..... Brunner is perhaps the most drastically different author work to work I have ever read -- from complete pulp crud to some of the most important novels of the era.... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com