| Author | John Brunner |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Publisher Series | Ballantine Science Fiction |
| Copyright Holder | Brunner Fact & Fiction Limited |
| Published in/by Arrangement with | Doubleday & Company, Inc. |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | United States |
| Copyright | 1968 |
| Printed | 1972-06 |
| First Printing | 1969-09 |
| Pages / Font | 650 pages |
| Catalog Number | 02758 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 68-22631 |
| Impression/Printing No. | 3 |
| Price | $1.25 |
| Other | 345-02758-2-125 |
| Chapters | context
(0) The Inn is Mode . . . vii
(1) Scanalyze My Name . . . 1
(2) Editorial Slot . . . 15
(3) You have to Push Him Over . . . 31
(4) The Subject Matter . . . 39
(5) The Grand Manor . . . 73
(6) One Comes Out Where . . . . . . 85
(7) Bull Fight . . . 102
(8) Isolation . . . 124
(9) Guncrit . . . 156
(10) The Baby and The Bathwater . . . 164
(11) Come Outside and Day That . . . 185
(12) The Sociological Counterpart of Cheyne-Stokes Respiration . . . 198
(13) The Old Newspaper . . . 247
(14) Storm Centre . . . 283
(15) Bred and Born . . . 292
(16) Mr. & Mrs. Everywhere: Calypso . . . 309
(17) Feeling the Overdraft . . . 350
(18) Zock . . . 379
(19) A Free Rendering of Two National Anthems . . . 408
(20) The Pros and Cons of a Lunatic Society . . . 422
(21) Letter . . . 433
(22) Mother and Baby Doing Well? . . . 479
(23) To Be Avoided . . . 496
(24) One of Many Essentially Identical Printouts From Shalmaneser . . . 537
(25) A Favorite Story of Chad Mulligans . . . 559
(26) To Myself on the Occasion of my Twenty-First Century . . . 579
(27) Study Group Reports . . . 615
(28) A Message from our Sponsors . . . 650
the happening world
(1) Read the Directions . . . 3
(2) The Soft Cell . . . 36
(3) Domestica . . . 55
(4) Spoken Like A Man . . . 95
(5) Citizen Bacillus . . . 115
(6) Street Seen . . . 131
(7) The State of the Art . . . 172
(8) Be Kind to Your Forfeited Friends . . . 214
(9) Shambles . . . 285
(10) Sour Grapes . . . 318
(11) How to . . . 404
(12) The General Feeling . . . 450
(13) Résumé . . . 506
(14) Recruiting Posters . . . 524
(15) Equal and Opposite . . . 588
(16) Obituary . . . 647
tracking with closeups
(1) Mr. President . . . 11
(2) Yonderboy . . . 23
(3) No You Don't! . . . 42
(4) Masker Aid . . . 59
(5) Sceneshifter . . . 80
(6) Which Side Am I On? . . . 98
(7) The Too Much Strain . . . 117
(8) I'll Wind . . . 135
(9) Poppyseed . . . 158
(10) Smotherlove . . . 176
(11) The Sealed Train . . . 188
(12) If You Can't Beat Them Beaut Them . . . 209
(13) The Gooseberry Bush . . . 257
(14) Light the Touchpaper and Retire . . . 269
(15) Our Parents' Feet Were Black . . . 303
(16) The Messenger of the Gospel of Universal Love . . . 324
(17) Brighter Than A Thousand Men . . . 336
(18) In My Young Days . . . 364
(19) Small Wants and Those Easily Satisfied . . . 392
(20) The Old Lady under the Juggernaut . . . 463
(21) The Dry Child . . . 483
(22) The Climax of More Than a Lifetime of Achievement . . . 509
(23) Begi and the Oracle . . . 520
(24) No Reason, Purpose or Justification . . . 545
(25) The Man Without Convictions . . . 557
(26) All in Due Time . . . 568
(27) Recipe for a Mucker . . . 576
(28) The Slow Way to Die . . . 590
(29) While the Balance of His Mind Was Disturbed . . . 601
(30) Défense D'Entrer . . . 609
(31) Unto Us a Child . . . 628
(32) The Cool and Detached View . . . 649
continuity
(1) The Guilt-Edged Security . . . 17
(2) The Dead Hand of the Past . . . 33
(3) After One Decade . . . 46
(4) Roomie Nation . . . 63
(5) Hear Hear . . . 87
(6) Auction Block for Me . . . 106
(7) Arms and Idleness . . . 128
(8) The Camel's Back . . . 146
(9) Divided Against Itself . . . 166
(10) Due Process . . . 179
(11) The Sound of Falling Rock . . . 192
(12) It's Supposed to be Automatic But Actually You Have to Press This Button . . . 201
(13) Multiply by a Million . . . 249
(14) The Right Man for the Job . . . 262
(15) Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect . . . 274
(16) The Revised Version . . . 293
(17) Timescales . . . 311
(18) The Walls of Troy . . . 328
(19) Semper Aliquid Novi . . . 341
(20) The Shadow of Grandfather Loa . . . 355
(21) More Haste . . . 371
(22) The Price of Admission . . . 381
(23) He Stuck in His Thumb . . . 393
(24) This Scene Not Shifted . . . 410
(25) Daddy of Them All . . . 426
(26) Here Comes a Chopper . . . 436
(27) Manscape . . . 452
(28) From Here on Down It's Uphill All the Way . . . 466
(29) I Beg to Report . . . 491
(30) Turn Her on and Let Her Roll . . . 500
(31) Groundwork . . . 512
(32) First with the News . . . 522
(33) Got it and Gone . . . 528
(34) There Lives More Faith in Honest Doubt . . . 538
(35) To Await Collection . . . 548
(36) Makeshift . . . 560
(37) Storage . . . 571
(38) Not for Sale But Can Be Had on Application . . . 580
(39) Better to be a Volcano . . . 596
(40) Of the Greatest Significance . . . 604
(41) Sewn on with a Needle and Thread . . . 619
(42) And Say Which Seed Will Grow . . . 633
context
(0) The Inn is Mode . . . vii
(1) Scanalyze My Name . . . 1
(2) Editorial Slot . . . 15
(3) You have to Push Him Over . . . 31
(4) The Subject Matter . . . 39
(5) The Grand Manor . . . 73
(6) One Comes Out Where . . . . . . 85
(7) Bull Fight . . . 102
(8) Isolation . . . 124
(9) Guncrit . . . 156
(10) The Baby and The Bathwater . . . 164
(11) Come Outside and Day That . . . 185
(12) The Sociological Counterpart of Cheyne-Stokes Respiration . . . 198
(13) The Old Newspaper . . . 247
(14) Storm Centre . . . 283
(15) Bred and Born . . . 292
(16) Mr. & Mrs. Everywhere: Calypso . . . 309
(17) Feeling the Overdraft . . . 350
(18) Zock . . . 379
(19) A Free Rendering of Two National Anthems . . . 408
(20) The Pros and Cons of a Lunatic Society . . . 422
(21) Letter . . . 433
(22) Mother and Baby Doing Well? . . . 479
(23) To Be Avoided . . . 496
(24) One of Many Essentially Identical Printouts From Shalmaneser . . . 537
(25) A Favorite Story of Chad Mulligans . . . 559
(26) To Myself on the Occasion of my Twenty-First Century . . . 579
(27) Study Group Reports . . . 615
(28) A Message from our Sponsors . . . 650
the happening world
(1) Read the Directions . . . 3
(2) The Soft Cell . . . 36
(3) Domestica . . . 55
(4) Spoken Like A Man . . . 95
(5) Citizen Bacillus . . . 115
(6) Street Seen . . . 131
(7) The State of the Art . . . 172
(8) Be Kind to Your Forfeited Friends . . . 214
(9) Shambles . . . 285
(10) Sour Grapes . . . 318
(11) How to . . . 404
(12) The General Feeling . . . 450
(13) Résumé . . . 506
(14) Recruiting Posters . . . 524
(15) Equal and Opposite . . . 588
(16) Obituary . . . 647
tracking with closeups
(1) Mr. President . . . 11
(2) Yonderboy . . . 23
(3) No You Don't! . . . 42
(4) Masker Aid . . . 59
(5) Sceneshifter . . . 80
(6) Which Side Am I On? . . . 98
(7) The Too Much Strain . . . 117
(8) I'll Wind . . . 135
(9) Poppyseed . . . 158
(10) Smotherlove . . . 176
(11) The Sealed Train . . . 188
(12) If You Can't Beat Them Beaut Them . . . 209
(13) The Gooseberry Bush . . . 257
(14) Light the Touchpaper and Retire . . . 269
(15) Our Parents' Feet Were Black . . . 303
(16) The Messenger of the Gospel of Universal Love . . . 324
(17) Brighter Than A Thousand Men . . . 336
(18) In My Young Days . . . 364
(19) Small Wants and Those Easily Satisfied . . . 392
(20) The Old Lady under the Juggernaut . . . 463
(21) The Dry Child . . . 483
(22) The Climax of More Than a Lifetime of Achievement . . . 509
(23) Begi and the Oracle . . . 520
(24) No Reason, Purpose or Justification . . . 545
(25) The Man Without Convictions . . . 557
(26) All in Due Time . . . 568
(27) Recipe for a Mucker . . . 576
(28) The Slow Way to Die . . . 590
(29) While the Balance of His Mind Was Disturbed . . . 601
(30) Défense D'Entrer . . . 609
(31) Unto Us a Child . . . 628
(32) The Cool and Detached View . . . 649
continuity
(1) The Guilt-Edged Security . . . 17
(2) The Dead Hand of the Past . . . 33
(3) After One Decade . . . 46
(4) Roomie Nation . . . 63
(5) Hear Hear . . . 87
(6) Auction Block for Me . . . 106
(7) Arms and Idleness . . . 128
(8) The Camel's Back . . . 146
(9) Divided Against Itself . . . 166
(10) Due Process . . . 179
(11) The Sound of Falling Rock . . . 192
(12) It's Supposed to be Automatic But Actually You Have to Press This Button . . . 201
(13) Multiply by a Million . . . 249
(14) The Right Man for the Job . . . 262
(15) Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect . . . 274
(16) The Revised Version . . . 293
(17) Timescales . . . 311
(18) The Walls of Troy . . . 328
(19) Semper Aliquid Novi . . . 341
(20) The Shadow of Grandfather Loa . . . 355
(21) More Haste . . . 371
(22) The Price of Admission . . . 381
(23) He Stuck in His Thumb . . . 393
(24) This Scene Not Shifted . . . 410
(25) Daddy of Them All . . . 426
(26) Here Comes a Chopper . . . 436
(27) Manscape . . . 452
(28) From Here on Down It's Uphill All the Way . . . 466
(29) I Beg to Report . . . 491
(30) Turn Her on and Let Her Roll . . . 500
(31) Groundwork . . . 512
(32) First with the News . . . 522
(33) Got it and Gone . . . 528
(34) There Lives More Faith in Honest Doubt . . . 538
(35) To Await Collection . . . 548
(36) Makeshift . . . 560
(37) Storage . . . 571
(38) Not for Sale But Can Be Had on Application . . . 580
(39) Better to be a Volcano . . . 596
(40) Of the Greatest Significance . . . 604
(41) Sewn on with a Needle and Thread . . . 619
(42) And Say Which Seed Will Grow . . . 633
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| Notes | Second printing: September 1970 Won 1969 Hugo Award for Best Novel of 1968 |
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