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Post by dem bones on Feb 14, 2017 12:59:32 GMT
Fred Hoyle & John Elliot - A For Adromeda (Corgi, 1963) Blurb: Originality, excitement, pace and scientific accuracy. These are the elements of A for ANDROMEDA, the product of a very successful collaboration between an astrophysicist of world-wide reputation and a talented dramatist whose work for British television has received the highest critical recognition.
The scene is set ten years from now. A new radio-telescope picks up from the constellation of Andromeda, two hundred light-years away, a complex series of signals which prove to be a program for a giant computer. When the computer begins to relay the information it receives from Andromeda, the project assumes a vital importance. For scientists find themselves possessing knowledge previously unknown to man, knowledge of such a nature that the security of human life itself is threatened.As enthused over by Graham Andrews in Paperback Fanatic 34. Haven't read it, never seen the series, but I'm betting some among you will have.
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Post by ropardoe on Feb 14, 2017 16:08:50 GMT
Fred Hoyle & John Elliot - A For Adromeda (Corgi, 1963) Blurb: Originality, excitement, pace and scientific accuracy. These are the elements of A for ANDROMEDA, the product of a very successful collaboration between an astrophysicist of world-wide reputation and a talented dramatist whose work for British television has received the highest critical recognition.
The scene is set ten years from now. A new radio-telescope picks up from the constellation of Andromeda, two hundred light-years away, a complex series of signals which prove to be a program for a giant computer. When the computer begins to relay the information it receives from Andromeda, the project assumes a vital importance. For scientists find themselves possessing knowledge previously unknown to man, knowledge of such a nature that the security of human life itself is threatened.As enthused over by Graham Andrews in Paperback Fanatic 34. Haven't read it, never seen the series, but I'm betting some among you will have. The old ones, you mean? This was the first science fiction I ever saw on TV (I wasn't allowed to watch Quatermass). I had a bit of a crush on Peter Halliday (Julie Christie isn't my type!!)! I thought it was marvellous at the time, but I suspect I'd find it dull now (I think only a few scenes survive?). |
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Feb 14, 2017 17:33:51 GMT
(I think only a few scenes survive?) One full episode (part 6), film extracts from other episodes, plus an audio recording of part 7 exist. I think these were all released on DVD along with the sequel series, 'The Andromeda Breakthrough'. The series was remade for Italian television in the early 70s, and as a one-off drama for BBC4 about a decade ago, produced by Richard Fell, who also briefly revived the M.R. James adaptations and brought back Quatermass for the live production of 'The Quatermass Experiment'. I haven't seen any of the versions, though I have a copy of the sequel novel lurking about the house somewhere. |
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Post by dem bones on Feb 15, 2017 18:02:46 GMT
I haven't seen any of the versions, though I have a copy of the sequel novel lurking about the house somewhere. Less a sequel, more a "direct continuation" according to Graham Andrews in his PF article. Graham argues the A For Adromeda and Adromeda Breakthrough novelizations would benefit from reissue in a single volume. Unfortunately that has put me off a bit. Don't want to tackle the first book only to find I now have to locate a copy of the second to make sense of it? |
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