Geoffrey Hoyle
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
[edit]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
[edit](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:
- 2010: Living in the Future (1972), illustrated by Alasdair Anderson
- Disaster (1975)
- Flight (Achievements) (1984), illustrated by Gerald Witcomb
References
[edit]- Fifth Planet cover notes
- Fantastic Fiction entry
- Sci Fan bibliography
External links
[edit]- Books with son Geoffrey
- Geoffrey Hoyle at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- 2010: Living in the future: the book