Fifth planet / created by Hoyle Fred and Geoffrey Hoyle

By:

Hoyle, Fred [author]

Contributor(s):

Hoyle, Geoffrey [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Penguin Books, 1963Description: 220 pages. : 15 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

Planet

LOC classification:

PR6058.098FIF

Summary: Fred Hoyle's scientific pedigree is up front in this vintage novel, co-written with son Geoffrey. The story is based on a classic SF premise--a star, with its own planetary system, is heading towards our own. It passes close enough for us to mount an expedition to one of the planets of the visiting star--an earth-like world with detectable signs of plant life. The planet turns out to be inhabited by vastly superior telepathic beings who hide themselves from the visitors. One of them takes possession of the mind of an astronaut, returning to earth to spread a dramatic and unwanted telepathic warning against the nuclear arms race, before returning on a hijacked spacecraft

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Archive	Zvishavane Archives Zvishavane Archives	PR6058.O98 FIF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	11411	Not for loan	Box 33		BK34896

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Fred Hoyle's scientific pedigree is up front in this vintage novel, co-written with son Geoffrey. The story is based on a classic SF premise--a star, with its own planetary system, is heading towards our own. It passes close enough for us to mount an expedition to one of the planets of the visiting star--an earth-like world with detectable signs of plant life. The planet turns out to be inhabited by vastly superior telepathic beings who hide themselves from the visitors. One of them takes possession of the mind of an astronaut, returning to earth to spread a dramatic and unwanted telepathic warning against the nuclear arms race, before returning on a hijacked spacecraft

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