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by John Brunner (Author), James John Bell (Introduction) "The day shall dawn when never child but may ..." (more)
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Ian Watson

"A complex tragic masterpiece. John Brunner is the Rachel Carson of science fiction."


John Grant, Joint Editor, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

"The Sheep Look Up is, in my opinion and for all kinds of reasons, unquestionably the best SF novel ever written."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic of the Genre, Nov 7 2004
By pete (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews
Stylistically, the book reads somewhat like a 1970's made for TV movie. The dystopic vision Brunner presents however - is timeless, and certainly just as poignant today as when I first read this SciFi masterpiece. I recommend having a loaner copy to share with your friends!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Frighteningly relevant 30 years later, Jul 5 2004
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I read this when it first came out and the images stuck in my mind like a recurring nightmare. I just found it in a box of my old books and re-read it. The fearful and depleted America, controlled by corporate interests, led by a callow president and populated by an uninformed and powerless citizenry, described in Brunner's classic is just as dark but much scarier because it is closer to the way it really is. Read it and weep.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy progress?, May 4 2004
To me, this book is simply too great to be classfied within any genre (especially sci-fiction). It will always remain, simply a literary masterpiece, even as the bad taste of truth remains with me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I owned this, Brunner is a visionary
I was able to read this because the University I work at has it in the library. I was tempted to keep it and pay the U for the book and the fines so I could place it on my... Read more
Published on Nov 12 2001 by David Hood

5.0 out of 5 stars Whose prediction do you believe?
In the early seventies, science fiction writers wrote about buying bottled water, no-drink days on public water supplies, smog warnings in large cities, and drug resistant... Read more
Published on May 25 2001 by the1realdave

4.0 out of 5 stars World ending tomorrow, film at 11
I find _The Sheep Look Up_ to be a very interesting read, but only from certain perspectives. It certainly is illustrative of ecological thinking in the early 70's, but sort of... Read more
Published on Nov 4 2000 by C. Bickford

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Brunner's best
I have always enjoyed the work of John Brunner, but have just now gotten around to reading "The Sheep Look Up. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2000 by Paul Rowland

5.0 out of 5 stars Best SF novel about pollution - demands a reprint
Another dire warning from Brunner. Sheep is grimmer than Stand on Zanzibar. Set in a future much closer to our own time than the scenario painted in Stand on Zanzibar, the world... Read more
Published on May 25 2000 by Marc Goldstein

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost classic
Publishers have shown some intelligence by keeping both Stand on Zanzibar and The Shockwave Rider still in print but still show odd lapses of judgement by keeping this book... Read more
Published on Mar 10 2000 by Michael Battaglia

5.0 out of 5 stars Shattering. One of the greatest horror stories ever told.
Although, like most sci-fi tales it is set about 50 years to early it is disturbingly possible. With a large group of characters and enough technical knowledge to be totally... Read more
Published on Feb 23 2000 by Robert Hughes

5.0 out of 5 stars The Companion Piece to Stand on Zanzibar Just as Good!
Like Neal Stephenson`s Zodiac this book gives a detailed account of man`s destruction of his home planet Earth. Read more
Published on Aug 21 1999 by James Atkinson

4.0 out of 5 stars Brunner dates his novel about 75 years too early!
Brunner tells of a future -- the 1970's -- filled with environmental horrors, the reemergence of obscure diseases, and a vast eco conspiracy. Read more
Published on Feb 5 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Early ecological anti-utopia
Sheep Look Up is an excellent representative of the anti-utopian genre - an ecologically oriented version of George Orwells 1984. Read more
Published on Dec 14 1998

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