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Geoffrey Hoyle

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Geoffrey Hoyle (born 12 January 1941) is an English science fiction writer, who co-wrote with his father, the astronomer Fred Hoyle. About half of Fred Hoyle's science fiction works were co-written with his son.[1]

Biography

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He was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset, and then entered Cambridge where he read Economics. After 1964, Hoyle worked in London in the field of modern communications and the film/television industry.[citation needed]

H worked as a scientific advisor to some television series such as Timeslip.[citation needed]

In 2010, his book 2010: Living in the Future was popularised by a blog[2] which compared Hoyle's 38-year-old predictions with the reality of modern life. This led to a Facebook campaign to track down Hoyle and talk to him about his visions.[3]

Works

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(Novels unless otherwise specified)

With his father, Fred Hoyle:

  • Fifth Planet (1963)
  • Rockets in Ursa Major (1969), based on a play by Fred
  • Seven Steps to the Sun (1970)
  • The Inferno (1973)
  • The Molecule Men and the Monster of Loch Ness (1973), short story collection
  • Into Deepest Space (1974)
  • The Incandescent Ones (1977)
  • The Westminster Disaster (1978)
  • Commonsense in Nuclear Energy (1980), non-fiction
  • The Professor Gamma series
    • The Energy Pirate (1982)
    • The Frozen Planet of Azuron (1982)
    • The Giants of Universal Park (1982)
    • The Planet of Death (1982)

With Janice Robertson:

  • Ask Me Why (1976), non-fiction

As sole author:

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