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navigation, search The Jagged Orbit Cover of first edition
(paperback) Author John Brunner Cover artist Leo and Diane
Dillon Country United Kingdom Language English Genre Science
Fiction, Dystopian Publisher Ace Books Publication date 1969
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback) Pages 400 pp ISBN
0-02-038120-4 OCLC Number 234241728  The Jagged Orbit is a
science fiction novel written by John Brunner. It was first
published in 1969, in the Ace Science Fiction Specials line
issued by Ace Books, and is similar to his earlier novel, Stand
on Zanzibar in its narrative style and dystopic outlook. It has
exactly 100 titled chapters, which vary from several pages to
part of one word.  The Jagged Orbit was nominated for the Nebula
Award for Best Novel in 1969, and won the BSFA Award for the
best SF novel in 1970.   For those reading the book, it helps to
know (in advance of the book disclosing it some 300 pages in)
the meaning of "Blank", "Kneeblank" an