The Sheep Look Up

I first read this one around the time it was first published manyyears ago, and I was delighted to find a new audio version of it available. It had been so long since I first read it, that I wondered how I would feel about it now. I was very happy to find that it was as chilling and terrifying as it was the first time around. Thank you very much for producing this wonderful and frightening Brunner classic Watch what you eat.

Why are all the dystopian novels I read in my teens coming true? I have to keep reminding myself that this is science fiction from the 70s, not real life here and now. • “Don’t Drink” notices warn people when the tap water isn’t safe to drink. • The less fortunate are given synthetic food to e......more

Stop you’re killing me! 0 X David ”The Postman” Brin says in the intro that John Brunner scared the crap out of people in the 60’s , well he scares the crap out of me today. The label “Science Fiction” could be safely removed from this book as it is sadly becoming a realistic portrait of our very own m......more

N-am mai fost atât de furios și de deprimat din cauza unei cărți din 2008, când am citit pentru prima dată „Greybeard”, al lui Brian Aldiss (o carte asemănătoare cu asta, despre degradarea speciei umane ca urmare a greșelilor proprii). Cartea asta este... cum să vă zic eu, nu neapărat puternică, ci m......more

Re-read. So, it turns out this 1972 book that was "too edgy, too dystopic, too environmentally pessimistic" for its time turned out to be just about on-target for about 15 years ago. All the pathogens, fungus, chemical pollutants, all seemed to hit the ACTUAL dystopic levels. And worse, the political......more

The Sheep Look Up is a prime example of Science Fiction at its scariestly prescient (like that word, "scariestly"?:-). John Brunner portrays a world where the United States is run by a president who is eerily reminscent of George W. Bush -- a complete idiot, a figurehead run by his cabinet and given......more