Geoffrey Hoyle (born 12 January 1941) is an English

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writer, who co-wrote with his father, the

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Fred Hoyle Sir Fred Hoyle (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was an English astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and was one of the authors of the influential B2FH paper, B2FH paper. He also held controversial stances on oth ...

. About half of Fred Hoyle's science fiction works were co-written with his son.

Biography

He was educated at

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, and then entered

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where he read

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. After 1964, Hoyle worked in

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in the field of modern communications and the film/television industry. He worked as a scientific advisor to some television series such as ''

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''. In 2010, his book ''2010: Living in the Future'' was popularised by a blog which compared Hoyle's 38-year-old predictions with the reality of modern life. This led to a Facebook campaign to track down Hoyle and talk to him about his visions."Futurology: The tricky art of knowing what will happen next." Finlo Rohrer, ''BBC News Magazine'' 23 December 2010
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Works

(Novels unless otherwise specified) With his father, Fred Hoyle: * '' Fifth Planet'' (1963) * ''Rockets in Ursa Major'' (1969), based on a play by Fred * ''Seven Steps to the Sun'' (1970) * ''The Inferno'' (1973) * ''The Molecule Men and the Monster of Loch Ness'' (1973), short story collection * ''Into Deepest Space'' (1974) * '' The Incandescent Ones'' (1977) * ''The Westminster Disaster'' (1978) * ''Commonsense in Nuclear Energy'' (1980), non-fiction * The Professor Gamma series ** ''The Energy Pirate'' (1982) ** ''The Frozen Planet of Azuron'' (1982) ** ''The Giants of Universal Park'' (1982) ** ''The Planet of Death'' (1982) With Janice Robertson: * ''Ask Me Why'' (1976), non-fiction As sole author: * ''2010: Living in the Future'' (1972), illustrated by Alasdair Anderson * ''Disaster'' (1975) * ''Flight (Achievements)'' (1984), illustrated by Gerald Witcomb

References

* ''Fifth Planet'' cover notes
Fantastic Fiction entry

Sci Fan bibliography

External links

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''2010: Living in the future: the book''
1942 births Living people People educated at Bryanston School English science fiction writers Alumni of the University of Cambridge English male novelists Fred Hoyle {{sf-writer-stub