As far as I can tell both books are long out of print. It may seem strange that these little books about toasters, which were originally written in the 80s, are still talked about today. Though I found the sequel, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, to feel a lot more like a children’s book. Despite being a children’s fable, the themes and social commentary of this story have appealed to adults for decades. It was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and won the Locus Award, Seiun Award, and British SF Association Award. Still, The Brave Little Toaster did quite well as a F&SF novella with its mostly adult audience. This seems unintentional Disch said that he had trouble selling the story as a children’s book because publishers found the concept too far-fetched, even after he sold the film rights to Disney. I say seems to be because despite the format and subject matter, The Brave Little Toaster was originally published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, to an adult audience. These strange books, The Brave Little Toaster and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, seem to be children’s books on the surface. Of course, what he is best known for now seems to be the Brave Little Toaster stories. Disch has written a lot of really good books for adults and a lot of high quality poetry.
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