Fade-Out
Just finished reading "Fade-Out" by Patrick Tilley, first published by Dell Books back in 1975.
Yes, I re-read "Fade-Out" as part of my on-going "Great Re-Reading Of Favorite Books From My Youth" project. I first discovered "Fade-Out" on the shelves in the New Science Fiction Arrivals Section at Michelle's Bookstore located in the Bryan Marr Shopping Center in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Sadly Michelle's Bookstore closed its doors around 1996 I believe.
Now as frequent readers of my reviews know, I usually get all the books in my "Great Re-Reading Of Favorite Books From My Youth" project from Chamblin's Book Mine - the greatest bookstore here in Jacksonville, Florida and the Eastern United States. After checking the shelves for several months, alas Chamblins never seemed to have a copy, so I simply obtained my reading copy on eBay. [Sometimes you have to get the book from the source that has it available.]
"Fade-Out" is a taunt tale that provides a cautionary tale about the dangers of First Contact while providing a rather unique twist on the FERMI Paradox - the simplest way for an alien species to prevent another one from venturing out in space may be to simply use the magnetic field of it's own planet against it in destroying any and all technology that depends on electricity. by creating and maintaining a continuous EMP.
Tilley hints that two of his protagonists, who were remotely enhanced by Crusoe - the code name given for the alien artifact first discovered in a trans-lunar orbit - to have a rather weird homoerotic telepathy that requires a non-consenting rapport may have realized the true intent of Crusoe and let it happen anyways.
"Fade-Out" is a tense read that still holds up as a cautionary tale of beware of silent Greeks and the gifts they may bring.
Strongly Recommended.
Five Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Fade-Out-Patri...
Yes, I re-read "Fade-Out" as part of my on-going "Great Re-Reading Of Favorite Books From My Youth" project. I first discovered "Fade-Out" on the shelves in the New Science Fiction Arrivals Section at Michelle's Bookstore located in the Bryan Marr Shopping Center in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Sadly Michelle's Bookstore closed its doors around 1996 I believe.
Now as frequent readers of my reviews know, I usually get all the books in my "Great Re-Reading Of Favorite Books From My Youth" project from Chamblin's Book Mine - the greatest bookstore here in Jacksonville, Florida and the Eastern United States. After checking the shelves for several months, alas Chamblins never seemed to have a copy, so I simply obtained my reading copy on eBay. [Sometimes you have to get the book from the source that has it available.]
"Fade-Out" is a taunt tale that provides a cautionary tale about the dangers of First Contact while providing a rather unique twist on the FERMI Paradox - the simplest way for an alien species to prevent another one from venturing out in space may be to simply use the magnetic field of it's own planet against it in destroying any and all technology that depends on electricity. by creating and maintaining a continuous EMP.
Tilley hints that two of his protagonists, who were remotely enhanced by Crusoe - the code name given for the alien artifact first discovered in a trans-lunar orbit - to have a rather weird homoerotic telepathy that requires a non-consenting rapport may have realized the true intent of Crusoe and let it happen anyways.
"Fade-Out" is a tense read that still holds up as a cautionary tale of beware of silent Greeks and the gifts they may bring.
Strongly Recommended.
Five Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Fade-Out-Patri...
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