Comments on: Holiday reading

By: Nabakov

Nabakov — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:28:44 +0000

And speaking of “Ossian’s Ride”, does anyone know if “Quatermass II” is now available on video? Either the original TV production and/or the film.

By: Nabakov

Nabakov — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:24:40 +0000

I quite liked Hoyle’s (co-written with his son) ‘Fifth Planet’ which made some good points about the dichotomy between physicists and engineers and the use of threat warnings in keeping a populace malleable. And also, a good moment in “The Black Cloud” is when the humans try to keep a vast, cool, semi-unsympathethic intelligence (voiced by a Northern groundskeeper) from snuffing things out – by playing Beethoven to it.

By: Martin Wisse

Martin Wisse — Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:45:04 +0000

I wouldn’t call Fred Hoyle’s sf novels bad myself; he has written several minor classics: The Black Cloud for one, October the First is too Late for another. Never the best sf writer, but always at least readable and interesting, in my experience.

By: Dell Adams

Dell Adams — Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:11:36 +0000

I liked the book too.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Sun, 17 Aug 2003 01:53:42 +0000

“the now unfashionable Steady State theory of the universe” Should be: the now disproven Steady State theory of the universe