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Norman Conquest 2066
1st edition Corgi 1977 paperback, vg+ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
- GenresScience Fiction
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
About the author
J.T. McIntosh
132 books5 followersJ. T. McIntosh is a pseudonym used by Scottish writer and journalist James Murdoch MacGregor.
Living largely in Aberdeen, Scotland, MacGregor used the McIntosh pseudonym (along with its variants J. T. MacIntosh, and J. T. M'Intosh) as well as "H. J. Murdoch", "Gregory Francis" (with Frank H. Parnell), and "Stuart Winsor" (with Jeff Mason) for all his science fiction work, which was the majority of his output, though he did publish books under his own name. His first story, "The Curfew Tolls", appeared in Astounding Science Fiction during 1950, and his first novel, World Out of Mind, was published during 1953. He did not publish any work after 1980.
In 2010, following his death in 2008, the National Library of Scotland purchased his literary papers and correspondence.
Along with John Mather and Edith Dell, he is credited for the screenplay for the colour feature film Satellite in the Sky (1956).
Living largely in Aberdeen, Scotland, MacGregor used the McIntosh pseudonym (along with its variants J. T. MacIntosh, and J. T. M'Intosh) as well as "H. J. Murdoch", "Gregory Francis" (with Frank H. Parnell), and "Stuart Winsor" (with Jeff Mason) for all his science fiction work, which was the majority of his output, though he did publish books under his own name. His first story, "The Curfew Tolls", appeared in Astounding Science Fiction during 1950, and his first novel, World Out of Mind, was published during 1953. He did not publish any work after 1980.
In 2010, following his death in 2008, the National Library of Scotland purchased his literary papers and correspondence.
Along with John Mather and Edith Dell, he is credited for the screenplay for the colour feature film Satellite in the Sky (1956).
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March 22, 2020
The two stars are generous, perhaps, for this sociological themed piece of science fiction. Set in 2066 in an England still shuffling along after a big cataclysmic world disaster. Genetic mutations have established two new strains unofficially referred to as Normans and Saxons. The is low-level dislike between these strains that rises here to open conflict. The Normans lack body hair, are quiet and have intermittent psychic powers. The Saxons have extensive to complete body hair, are virile with high libidos, but are bad actors.
Features a repelling, sado-masochistic Saxon, a beautiful young woman with great personal skills who is introduced as a peasant--neither Norman nor Saxon, and a momma's boy, Norman who has
an explosive personality breakthrough.
Not really my cup of tea, but something I pulled from by science fiction collection to while away some time waiting for the end of the Covid-19 trauma. I'm not recommending it, but it is out there.
Features a repelling, sado-masochistic Saxon, a beautiful young woman with great personal skills who is introduced as a peasant--neither Norman nor Saxon, and a momma's boy, Norman who has
an explosive personality breakthrough.
Not really my cup of tea, but something I pulled from by science fiction collection to while away some time waiting for the end of the Covid-19 trauma. I'm not recommending it, but it is out there.
April 11, 2019
A strange and surprising book made all the more surprising by the cover art, which has not the slightest thing to do with the actual story. Though I’ve been a Chris Foss fan for years his iconic spaceships gracing the cover of my original 1977 Corgi (UK) edition are never mentioned once in a book that posits a sort of post-apocalyptic world in which most people go around on bicycles. Getting past that, Norman Conquest 2066 is a bizarre example of UK New Wave SF reminiscent of J.G. Ballard. I’m not sure I caught on to the political and historical references behind the whole Norman/Saxon thing, but the story was unpredictable and puzzling in all the right measures.
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