In 1987, the novel was adapted by Disch as an independent animated film. Buy it for your children read it yourself," and also suggested that the book lacked a clearly defined audience.ĭisch said that he was unable to publish the story as a children's book at first, because publishers thought the concept of talking appliances was too “far-fetched”, even after Disch had sold it to Disney as a film Doubleday finally published it as part of a five-book contract.
The Brave Little Toaster was well received by critics. Anna Quindlen, writing for The New York Times, called it "a wonderful book for a certain sort of eccentric adult. It also won a Locus Award, Seiun Award and British SF Association Award. It was later published as a book.
It was one of the most popular science fiction andfantasy stories of the early 1980s, and was nominated for both a Hugo Award and aNebula Award for Best Novella. Although appearing in a general circulation magazine, the story was written in the style of a children's fable. The story first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (August 1980). The story centers on a gang of five household appliances-a Tensor lamp, electric blanket, alarm clock/antique radio, Hoover vacuum cleaner, and Sunbeam toaster-on their quest to find their owner, referred to as the Master. Disch intended for children or as put by Disch, A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances. The Brave Little Toaster is a 1980 novel by Thomas M.
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