Based on: The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances by Thomas M. Disch

Year published: 1980

The Brave Little Toaster first appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine in 1980 and was then published as a short novel.

The book won the Locus, Seiun, and British SF Association awards — it was also nominated for both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award — before being adapted into the 1987 film.