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published
September 1974
by Souvenir Press Ltd
(first published 1962)
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Hardcover, 208 pages
isbn
0285501658
(isbn13: 9780285501652)
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I love vintage sci-fi, especially when the story is placed in some indefinite future, but has the poor humans using archaic, outdated technology (in this case computers that use punch cards{Kids, if you don't know what a computer punch card is, Google it}) to defeat their powerful alien enemies.
This is a good science fiction story, as it uses both technology and human nature to resolve a problem. The characters are believable (not too knowledgeable and not too stupid) and act like real peo...more
This is a good science fiction story, as it uses both technology and human nature to resolve a problem. The characters are believable (not too knowledgeable and not too stupid) and act like real peo...more
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Hoyle was the astronomer who coined the appellation 'Big Bang'as a way to depict the dynamic origin of the universe.
In this story there is a message received from the Andromeda Nebula that decodes to give us the instructions to build the machines to receive messages more clearly. These instructions are how to build the machines to synthesize a life. Then another human in appearance that comes to be called Andromeda for the origin of the message.
In this story there is a message received from the Andromeda Nebula that decodes to give us the instructions to build the machines to receive messages more clearly. These instructions are how to build the machines to synthesize a life. Then another human in appearance that comes to be called Andromeda for the origin of the message.
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Read in July, 1978
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no onerecommends it for: sf & Hoyle fans
I learned about Fred Hoyle from reading George Gamow's work on cosmology and, being a science fiction fan, picked up those of Hoyle's books I'd find at used bookstores.
Hoyle is not a great writer, his prose being pedestrian and his characterizations weak. His books are more vehicles for his speculations than works of literature.
Of the Hoyle novels I've read, A for Andromeda is one of the better ones. I have never seen the television serial.
Hoyle is not a great writer, his prose being pedestrian and his characterizations weak. His books are more vehicles for his speculations than works of literature.
Of the Hoyle novels I've read, A for Andromeda is one of the better ones. I have never seen the television serial.
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This book is essentially about the space recipe for making hot women in a laboratory. I read this as a teen ager when I thought science fiction meant the story was half true.
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Read in March, 2008
Not sure why I enjoy old pulp sci-fi so much - it's full of obsolete science and misogynistic ideas. This book is not good at all, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
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Read in January, 1998
If you haven't fallen in love with Andromeda by the end of the book, you have no heart.
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