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OK, 1970s British author and from the sound of it not anything to do with the New Wave, and it doesn't sound like Aldiss. Or anyone particularly good going by the summary. That leaves people like Philip E. High, Edmund Cooper, etc. who churned out a lot of books that aren't especially notable.

And as if by magic I found a copy of Clone (1972) by Richard Cowper on my shelves, which seems to be a strong possibility - the hero is one of four clones, raised at a hydrological station "under the guidance of an intelligent chimpanzee called Norbert." I won't quote the full summary, but I'm not entirely surprised that it doesn't seem to have been read much, it sounds pretty dire.

ffutures wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:07 pm

not anything to do with the New Wave

Umm... what's the New Wave supposed to be?

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:18 am

Umm... what's the New Wave supposed to be?

A 1960s/70s movement (sort of) in SF, particularly British SF:

New Wave Science Fiction - TV Tropes

as Meatloaf sang... 2 out of 3 aint bad....

yes Clone and yes Richard Cowper

it gets a 3.3 out of 5 on goodreads and 4.5/5 on amazon....

you just missed his real name. John Middleton Murry Jr.

over to you ffutures

OK - small warning, I'm headed to a games con on Friday through to Monday and may not see replies until I get back to London.

On the theme of cloning, let's have a book (also filmed) by a Nobel and Booker prize winning author in which human clones are routinely raised to adulthood then used as donors for organ transplants. Title and author please!

ffutures wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:41 pm

On the theme of cloning, let's have a book (also filmed) by a Nobel and Booker prize winning author in which human clones are routinely raised to adulthood then used as donors for organ transplants. Title and author please!

We see this plot pop up a few different places, but this one is surely Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:27 pm

ffutures wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:41 pm

On the theme of cloning, let's have a book (also filmed) by a Nobel and Booker prize winning author in which human clones are routinely raised to adulthood then used as donors for organ transplants. Title and author please!

We see this plot pop up a few different places, but this one is surely Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Absolutely right - I had a feeling mentioning the Nobel was a bit of a giveaway...

Over to you!

ffutures wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:58 pm

Absolutely right - I had a feeling mentioning the Nobel was a bit of a giveaway...

Over to you!

Those are rare enough to give a nice feeling of certainty

Allright. Another visual.



One actor, two films. One title, two directors.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is the title of both films. The 1956 version was directed by Don Siegel. The 1978 version was directed by Philip Kaufman. Kevin McCarthy is the actor who appeared in both films (in different roles) and is the actor in your pictures.

Nite Owl wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:22 am

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is the title of both films. The 1956 version was directed by Don Siegel. The 1978 version was directed by Philip Kaufman. Kevin McCarthy is the actor who appeared in both films (in different roles) and is the actor in your pictures.

Your visual clue trivia game is very strong, and fast. Chapeau! Your answer is of course completely correct and very thorough. And no doubt completely unaided by our googly overlords.

The film(s) title hit me right away. The rest was Googled to refresh my memory. All praise be the Google. What? Not again!

The following entry is a bit different in terms of format. There will be a statement and the answer will be based on who would make such a statement. As an example if the statement was "I am a famous Vulcan" then the answer could be Who is Mr. Spock. Something sort of akin to the Answer then Question format of Jeopardy. Got it - good, here we go.

"I really hate seawater".

Nite Owl wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:54 pm

The film(s) title hit me right away. The rest was Googled to refresh my memory. All praise be the Google. What? Not again!

Kudos.

Nite Owl wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:54 pm

"I really hate seawater".

Who is a Newcomer from Alien Nation?

Had forgotten about that one. Unfortunately no, not the hater of a substance that covers two thirds of our planet's surface that was on my mind. Have a meaningless bonus point though for sparking the memory of a decent sci-fi series that had been lost in the recesses of my frontal lobe, or was it lost in the back of my mind? As my age increases my brain anatomy strays ever further from the straight and narrow.

If needed further clues will follow later in the day in a similar format. The original clue could also be read as follows.

"They really hate seawater.

ok, i answered then doubted my memory and deleted the post..

What are Triffids. specifically the 1962 film version.

Aparently the book version triffids are different.. go figure a movie cant follow the book correctly..lol

What are Triffids is the correct answer. Having not read the book the film version is all that is known. Over to you spud42.

Future clues would have been the following.

Hey, what are you blind.

Avoid taking the Meteor Express.