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Fred Hoyle (1915–2001)

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Det svarta molnet (1957) 1,181 exemplar
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Ossian's Ride (1959) 203 exemplar
Rockets in Ursa Major (1955) — Författare — 202 exemplar
The Nature of the Universe (1950) — Författare — 174 exemplar
Frontiers of Astronomy (1955) 171 exemplar
Into Deepest Space (1974) — Författare — 170 exemplar
The Inferno (1973) 166 exemplar
Element 79 (1967) 165 exemplar
Seven Steps to the Sun (1970) 119 exemplar
On Stonehenge (1972) 102 exemplar
The Incandescent Ones (1977) 83 exemplar
The Molecule Men (1971) — Författare — 59 exemplar
Människor och vintergator (1972) 41 exemplar
Diseases from space (1980) 39 exemplar
Ten faces of the universe (1977) 37 exemplar
Ice (1981) 23 exemplar
The Westminster Disaster (1978) 23 exemplar
Comet Halley (1985) 22 exemplar
Man and Materialism (1956) 21 exemplar
Highlights in Astronomy (1975) 19 exemplar
Man in the universe (1964) 15 exemplar
The Giants of Universal Park (1982) 13 exemplar
Cosmic Life-Force (1988) 13 exemplar
Ciencia ficción. Selección 7 (1973) 12 exemplar
Commonsense in Nuclear Energy (1980) 12 exemplar
The Frozen Planet of Azuron (1982) — Författare — 9 exemplar
The new face of science (1960) 9 exemplar
The Planet of Death (1982) 9 exemplar
The Energy Pirate (1982) 9 exemplar
Encounter with the Future (1965) 8 exemplar
Mathematics of Evolution (1999) 6 exemplar
Astronomy Today (1975) 3 exemplar
Origin of Life (1980) 2 exemplar
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Zoomen 1 exemplar
Matematyka ewolucji (2003) 1 exemplar
Devilment 79 1 exemplar
Kara Bulut (2022) 1 exemplar
LE FRONTIERE DELL'ASTRONOMIA (1958) 1 exemplar
L'energia nucleare 1 exemplar
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From grains to bacteria (1984) 1 exemplar
The Black Cloud (Extract) (1957) 1 exemplar

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The story takes place in the near future---the late 1960s. (The book's copyright is 1962.) Aliens from outer space are more interested in their own interests than ours. I read the book soon after it came out. What I liked most about it was that, for the sake of a character I liked, there was a sequel. The ideas are more important than the plot or the characters. BTW, the chapter names all start with the letter A.
 
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raizel | 6 andra recensioner | Aug 24, 2023 |
Excellent book, full of ideas and lively pace.
Like Arthur C. Clarke at his best.
 
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CraigGoodwin | 26 andra recensioner | May 12, 2023 |
I picked up a copy of Rockets in Ursa Major at my favorite antiquarian book store pretty much on a lark. The cover was cool (see inset) and the back-cover blurb was interesting:

It is the early twenty-first century. Man is seeking signs of life elsewhere in the universe, but all exploratory ships have been lost without a trace--except for DSP 15. Thirty years after leaving Earth, and given up for lost, DSP 15 suddenly appears on radar screens at the space station at Mildenhall, England.

Her crew has been frozen to prevent aging, and as the ship settles into a landing, Dr. Richard Warboys eagerly waits with other scientists for word of what DSP 15 has found. But there is no crew, only a message scratched into a metal surface, signed by the captain:

"If this ship returns to Earth, then mankind is in deadly peril--God help you--."

Unfortunately, that was pretty much the most exciting part of the book. We learn all of this in the first 30-45 pages or so, then it sets into a typical 1960's alien invasion story.

In the denouement, the good guys win with the help of friendly aliens, but (of course) there is a promise of a bad alien return.

There wasn't much to the story, and little character development either. Fred Hoyle was not a world builder. He was, however, one of the most outspoken midcentury astrophysicists, so there is little wonder why our protagonist is a young professor/researcher/scientist at Cambridge. In a similar parallel to Hoyle's own life, the "key invention" which enables detection of in invading alien fleet was related to radar, which Hoyle worked on for the Admiralty during World War II. Scientific jargon is embedded throughout -- perhaps too much for a work of fast fiction -- but I didn't find it detracting from the story. (However, I'm probably biased because I'm an astrodynamicist by trade, and anything about orbits, trajectories, and space combat is like candy to me....)

Interesting facts:
  • This was Fred Hoyle's eighth work of fiction. His best known is 1959's The Black Cloud, which is worth checking out if you can find a copy.
  • He co-wrote this book with his son Geoffrey. This was the second of 12 works the father-son team wrote together.
  • The book was adapted from a play which was first performed at the Mermaid Theatre on Easter, 1962.
  • Fred Hoyle coined the term "Big Bang Theory" in an interview on BBC Radio.

If you like simple alien invasion stories and don't mind scientific dialogue, then you will find this book worth a read.
… (mer)
 
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howermj | 1 annan recension | Mar 20, 2023 |
Fina lepo zasluzena jedinica.
Skolski primer kako ne treba pisati naucnu fantastiku.
 
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srdjashin | 1 annan recension | Nov 14, 2022 |

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