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After Worlds Collide (Worlds Collide #2)
When Worlds Collide (1933) by Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer
Earth is destroyed in a collision with the rogue planet Bronson Alpha, with about a year of warning enabling a small group of survivors to build a spacecraft and escape to the rogue planet's moon, Bronson Beta. Filmed, with major changes to the story, as When Worlds Collide (1951).
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Earth is destroyed in a collision with the rogue planet Bronson Alpha, with about a year of warning enabling a small group of survivors to build a spacecraft and escape to the rogue planet's moon, Bronson Beta. Filmed, with major changes to the story, as When Worlds Collide (1951).
After Worlds Collide (1934) by...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
1966
by Paperback Library
(first published 1934)
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An engaging story that got off to a slow start for me. I found the characters and their reasoning a bit arrogant and long-winded at first, though I've come to conclude that this was to be expected given the era in which the book was written. I also read this book without having first read "When Worlds Collide" so I feel that I probably missed out on some important character-building information. In reading this science fiction of the past it's interesting to note how much our society's attitude...more
Considering that this book was published in 1934, I'm giving it 4-stars, but if it were written today, then I'd only give it three or less. I didn't know that there was a previous book, "When Worlds Collide", so I'll have to go back and check that one out. The concepts for which the premise allows are numerous and interesting. I thought that the dialogue and narration were both done well, even though some of the language was dated, but that wasn't distracting. The only real shortfall was the beg...more
It's sometimes difficult to judge science fiction that is as old as this (it was written in the early 30s). Like in Brave New World, the gender roles seem laughably archaic. It's enlightening to see what writers assumed would change and what would remain despite the passage of time (i.e. men will always feel justified in literally or figuratively patting women on the head or the behind). Apparently no one will ever be more heroic than white American men although British men come in 2nd place. Th...more
This sequel to the 1932 book, When Worlds Collide, was written in 1934. Two things struck me in reading the book, first, the folks who traveled to Bronson Beta were really, really lucky to have everything they needed on the new planet. This very predictable literary convenience can be partly forgiven due to the early writing of the novel. The second interesting aspect to the book is the group of individuals who represent a mortal enemy to the survivors of Earth. Still, I can only give After Worl...more
Read January 2005
Read December 2009
December 2009 Review:
the group from earth makes to to Bronson Beta, only to find they are not alone. Other groups from earth have also made the crossing, and some of them are inimically opposed to Henderson's group. After a time of figuring stuff out, the bad guys are taken out and the good guys have the planet to themselves, for their children.
Read December 2009
December 2009 Review:
the group from earth makes to to Bronson Beta, only to find they are not alone. Other groups from earth have also made the crossing, and some of them are inimically opposed to Henderson's group. After a time of figuring stuff out, the bad guys are taken out and the good guys have the planet to themselves, for their children.
Not nearly as much fun as the first book - still mostly worth reading if you have read the first one and appreciate older sci-fi, but don't go into it with high expectations.
Wow! What an incredibly racist book. Also very repetitious. The ending seemed to be more summary. Read When Worlds Collide, but you can skip this sequel. It mostly consists of endless repetition of the same questions.
Typical old school sci-fi. Highly dubious concept, racist, sexist and (spoiler alert) America triumphs over Communism despite destruction of Earth . I probably wouldn't ever have read this except I found it on the ground.
Also enjoyable. The sequel to When Worlds Collide. In some ways it was better.
Book 2 in Series
I read this book as a teenager and reread it twice because it was so entertaining and adventurous for a young man in the fifties. Therefore my review of this book is dated and is the opinion as a recollection of a fifties teenager. All that I will say, however, is that I have read two books in sixty years more than twice and that summarizes my thoughts of the fond memory of this Philip Wylie novel.
Dec 13, 2010
Erik Graff
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Recommends it for:
When Worlds Collide readers
Recommended to Erik by:
C. G. Jung liked Wylie
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After Worlds Collide is the sequel to When Worlds Collide. While the first volume occurs primarily on Earth, the second occurs on the planet Earth's refugees escape to, detailing their effort to survive both physically and socially. Nowadays one is reminded of the video game Alpha Centauri.
I read this immediately after reading its predecessor while up at the cottage in Michigan.
I read this immediately after reading its predecessor while up at the cottage in Michigan.
Reading this one again for about the 10th time! You really should read them both!
Hard for science fiction to age well and this one doesn't
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Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, he was the son of Presbyterian minister Edmund Melville Wylie and the former Edna Edwards, a novelist, who died when Philip was five years old. His family moved to Montclair, New Jersey and he later attended Princeton University from 1920–1923. He married Sally Ondek, and had one child, Karen, an author who became the inventor of animal "clicker" training. After a d...more
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