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The Sci-Fi Prophet Who Saw Too Much

Sci-Fi Odyssey Jun 13, 2025 11:00
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Discover the forgotten genius of John Brunner, a classic sci-fi author who predicted the world we live in today. In this video, we explore how Brunner’s groundbreaking novels from the late 1960s and early ’70s—like The Shockwave Rider and Stand on Zanzibar—foresaw everything from internet worms to climate catastrophe, and why he deserves to be remembered alongside the sci-fi greats. 🚀 Free Sci-Fi Ebook! Get a FREE copy of my dystopian thriller "A Figure Zero" when you sign up for my newsletter! 📖 👉 Claim your free ebook here and get exclusive updates on my upcoming books! 📚 https://shorturl.at/LT2y4 #scifi #johnbrunner #futurism 🚀 Check out my sci-fi novels below 😊 DELPHINE DESCENDS 📖 - (Amazon link) https://shortlink.uk/P59l After losing her family and freedom at the hands of the Imperial Network, Kathreen is sent to a brutal life of servitude, until a chance twist of fate grants her the identity of a powerful senator's heiress. Determined to destroy the the system that shattered her life, she vows to rise through their ranks-but to defeat them, she risks becoming a monster greater than any of them. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Delphine Descends completely shattered my expectations! ... I could hardly put the book down." - Goodreads BLACK MILK 📖 - (Amazon link) https://shortlink.uk/MHpv Prometheus can resurrect his wife, but at the cost of Earth's destruction-a choice that will unravel the fabric of time and doom humanity to a desperate fight for survival. Black Milk weaves a gripping tale of five lives, bound across aeons, as they battle a relentless post-human entity, with the fate of the universe hanging on Prometheus's ability to confront his own grief. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I would highly recommend this book to any one who is a sci-fi fan…and even those who are not just to show how great this genre can be." - Goodreads ___________________________________________________________________ MY STUFF https://linktr.ee/scifiodyssey ____________________________________________________________________ GOODREADS You can stalk me on Goodreads to see what I'm currently reading. https://bit.ly/3rrcByD ____________________________________________________________________ IMAGE USE The images in my videos are mostly licensed stock photos. However, occasionally I will use images found online. I always seek to properly credit artists and offer a link back to their amazing work but sometimes it's hard to find the original source of the work. If I've used an image you own and I haven't credited you, please feel free to get in touch as I am always more than happy to do so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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