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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:41 am
by Cody
I thank you!
The planet Earth is in dire peril… all life will die. Only one scientist is aware of the approaching catastrophe. He and the other protagonists (his wife, a reporter, an aristocratic adventurer and a professor), take measures to survive, in which oxygen cylinders play a major part.
The title of the novella and it's author please.
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 2:11 pm
by snork
Thanks for this idea, sounds like I might want to read this Newton's Wake.
(I practically stopped reading unknown SF, with the hit to miss ratio in minimum quality being so low )
about ElViejo's question : no idea.
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 2:22 pm
by Cody
Hi snork
I'd recommend all of Ken MacLeod's work, especially the 'Engines of Light' trilogy.
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 2:35 pm
by snork
yes, the wikipedia article made me curious about him, but the first will have to be Newton's Wake, I think.
You know, the bonus of having a
female combat archaeologist in the story is irresistible to me.
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 10:52 am
by Cody
El Viejo wrote:The planet Earth is in dire peril… all life will die. Only one scientist is aware of the approaching catastrophe. He and the other protagonists (his wife, a reporter, an aristocratic adventurer and a professor), take measures to survive, in which oxygen cylinders play a major part.
The title of the novella and it's author please.
A clue:
The central character appears in four other stories, one of which has been adapted into film several times.
Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 10:47 am
by Cody
Another clue:
The central character shares his name with a ‘famous’ spacecraft.
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:53 am
by Cody
Yet another clue, then…
I’d like to have used a bit of cover art, but TinEye has put the kibosh on that, so it’ll have to be an anagram.
Re-arranged, this is the authors name:
LAIRY ORCA THUNDERS ON
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:30 am
by Rxke
[quote="El
I’d like to have used a bit of cover art, but TinEye has put the kibosh on that, [/quote]
Didn't we agree not to use TinEye?
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:34 am
by Cody
Rxke wrote:Didn't we agree not to use TinEye?
On that basis, here's the cover art:
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:03 am
by Commander McLane
I clearly see the oxygene cylinders playing a major part in the cover art.
(Still have no clue about the novel, though.)
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:09 pm
by JazHaz
I cheated and looked it up on TinEye!
Obviously I have heard of the author, but never heard of the novel!
This has got to be a hard one!
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:35 pm
by Cody
JazHaz wrote:I cheated and looked it up on TinEye!
Tsk! Tsk!
JazHaz wrote:Obviously I have heard of the author,
I should think that nearly everyone, not just sci-fi fans, will have heard of the author… most people will know the title of the other story mentioned in the first clue, the one that has been made into film many times.
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:00 pm
by Zieman
Sir Athur Conan Doyle: The Poison Belt
No TinEye, only solving the anagram & some Web browsing needed...
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:22 pm
by Cody
Zieman wrote:Sir Athur Conan Doyle: The Poison Belt
It is indeed... from the Professor Challenger stories.
'in maZe' gets the anagram prize again.
Your turn sir (said 'Evil Joe')!
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:59 pm
by JazHaz
El Viejo wrote:Zieman wrote:Sir Athur Conan Doyle: The Poison Belt
It is indeed... from the Professor Challenger stories.
Oh bum!
I thought it might be Professor Challenger, then I thought it can't be!
