John Brunner

'John Brunner''s first novel, "Galactic Storm", was published in 1951 when he was 17 years old. Numerous popular novels continued over the next two decades including "The Atlantic Abomination" (1960) and "Squares of the City" (1965). Brunner achieved critical acclaim with his 1969 work "Stand on Zanzibar", which earned him the Hugo Award for outstanding science fiction novel of the year. His later works include the outstanding novel "The Sheep Look Up" (1972) and "Shockwave Rider" (1975). Several of his stories were adapted as episodes of the British television series "Out of the Unknown" in the 1960s. Brunner died suddenly while attending a science fiction convention in Glasgow, Scotland, UK