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The Sheep Look Up John Brunner
Publisher: Centipede Press

The Sheep Look Up, John Brunner. John Brunner was never exactly known for his shiny happy stories, most of his best-known books are quite grim affairs and often feature warnings of future doom. Gah, dystopian fiction is so depressing; yet when it's done well, it is such a good read. Sometimes they get it staggeringly right (among the many reasons John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up is worth reading is that it has antibiotic-resistant bacteria as a plot point and the book was published in 1973). The competition for its prestigious Wool Trophy — awarded to the best superfine Merino fleece — only entries of wool shorn from non-mulesed sheep. Minusio, I learned something thanks to you about money changers and their role in the temple. With apologies for lowering the tone of the thread, but the book title begs the question: Are there any sheep shaggers in 'The Sheep Look Up'. The Sheep Look Up And I've already mentioned a fine science fiction novel from 35 years ago, John Brunner's "The Sheep Look Up". ISBN: 9781932100013 | 388 pages | 10 Mb. Posted by dougzilla at 10:17 AM on April 30 [8 favorites]. What a weird combination of eerie prescience and slapstick satire this is, for all that I'm pretty sure it was just supposed to be the latter. The sheep look up (that sentence is by John Milton originally …) Eva S. I brought it with me to the NaNoWriMo retreat, and Lisa joked, "A Sheep Look-up! It's got the royal blood in it,” says Pearson. Been a long while since I have read any of Brunner's work, but The Sheep Look Up was my favorite. Dont forget that other sf classic, John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up.