''The Best of John Brunner'' is a collection of

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by British author John Brunner. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine/Del Rey in November 1988 as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction.

Summary

The book contains seventeen short works of fiction by the author, together with an introduction by

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*"Introduction: The Brunner Mosaic" (

) *"The Totally Rich" (from ''

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'', Jun. 1963) *"The Last Lonely Man" (from '' New Worlds SF'' no. 142, May/Jun. 1964) *"Galactic Consumer Report No. 1: Inexpensive Time Machines" (from ''

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'', Dec. 1965) *"Fair" (from ''

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'' no. 45, Mar. 1956) *"Such Stuff" (from ''

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'', Jun. 1962) *"Galactic Consumer Report No. 2: Automatic Twin-Tube Wishing Machines" (from ''

'', Jun. 1966) *"Tracking with Close-ups (21) and (23)" (excerpts from ''

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'', 1968) *"X-Hero" (from '' Omni'', Mar. 1980) *"No Future in It" (from '' Science Fantasy'', Sep. 1955) *"Galactic Consumer Report No. 3: A Survey of the Membership" (from ''

'', Dec. 1967) *"What Friends Are For" (from ''Fellowship of the Stars'', 1974) *"The Taste of the Dish and the Savor of the Day" (from ''

'', Aug. 1977) *"Galactic Consumer Report No. 4: Thing-of-the-Month Clubs" (from ''

'', Jan. 1969) *"The Man Who Saw the Thousand-Year Reich" (from ''

'', Nov. 1981) *"An Elixir for the Emperor" (from '' Fantastic Stories of Imagination'', Nov. 1964) *"The Suicide of Man" (from ''

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'', Jul./Aug. 1978) *"The Vitanuls" (from ''

'', Jul. 1967)

Reception

The book was reviewed by Tom Whitmore in ''

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'' no. 334, November 1988.

Awards

The book placed thirteenth in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Collection.

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