if you take his dystopias together (shockwave rider, Zanzibar, sheep look up) you can put together a compelling vision of the future. I think what a Brunner sa

if you take his dystopias together (shockwave rider, Zanzibar, sheep look up) you can put together a compelling vision of the future. I think what a Brunner saw is that even if technology changes, people don't. In many ways, that's what science fiction has always held as its mirror, from the morality tales of its origin and forward. It is where Star Trek was at both its weakest and strongest.