KinoLivres
  • Blog
  • Index
    • Auteurs
    • Ratings
  • Adaptations
  • Chronology
  • Gurglings
  • Touchpoints
  • Contact
  • Rating Scale

Rockets in Ursa Major (1969) by Fred Hoyle and Geoffrey Hoyle

10/17/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
***

Light, fast-paced, almost flippant story that begins when a manned expedition to Ursa Major returns with no crew but rather a message from its captain warning the people of Earth of a terrible approaching danger.  Seems there's a war going on in space, and the Ursa Major crew's physical similarity to one of the combatants leads another to conclude that Earthmen, too, are an enemy.  Fortunately, Earth has a thriving space program; not so fortunately, their ships are hopelessly outclassed by the aliens'.  Physicist Fred Hoyle supplies the clever idea that just might save humankind, while his son Geoffrey jollies the plot along with loads of gallows humor that is so cheerful one might forget that the fate of the world hangs in the balance.  Somehow, it works.  Followed in 1974 by a sequel, Into Deepest Space.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    KinoLivres

    Books. Movies. Mostly.

    Archives

    July 2017
    June 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015

    Categories

    All
    1 Star
    2 Star
    3 Star
    4 Star
    5 Star
    Action
    Book
    Comedy
    Comics
    Crime
    Detective
    Drama
    Fantasy
    History
    Horror
    Movie
    Musical
    Mystery
    Paranormal
    Romance
    Science Fiction
    Thriller
    True Crime
    Western
    Young Adult

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.