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Eric C. Williams (1918–2010)

Teoksen Zukunft - nein danke tekijä

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Tekijän teokset

Zukunft - nein danke (1981) 2 kappaletta
To End All Telescopes (1969) 2 kappaletta
Project Renaissance (1973) 1 kappale
Sunout [novelette] (1965) 1 kappale
Time for Mercy (1979) 1 kappale
Largesse from Triangulum (1979) 1 kappale
For Mona (2010) 1 kappale
The Call of Utopia (1971) 1 kappale
The time injection (1968) 1 kappale
Homo Telekins (1981) 1 kappale

Associated Works

New Writings in SF-5 (1965) — Avustaja — 109 kappaletta
Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories (2020) — Avustaja — 48 kappaletta
Weird Shadows From Beyond (1965) — Avustaja — 35 kappaletta
Strange Beasts and Unnatural Monsters (1968) — Avustaja — 29 kappaletta
Science Fantasy 75 — Avustaja — 7 kappaletta
SF Impulse 10 (1966) — Avustaja — 6 kappaletta

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Kanoninen nimi
Williams, Eric C.
Virallinen nimi
Williams, Eric Cyril
Syntymäaika
1918-07-22
Kuolinaika
2010-01-21
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
UK
Syntymäpaikka
Peckham, Camberwell, London, England, UK
Kuolinpaikka
Horsham, Surrey, England, UK

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The Time Injection written in 1968 was certainly an interesting read with an unusual plot - it's set in 2080 in England where the countryside has been abandoned with the advent of indoor farming and the population has all moved to the cities. Everyone lives on top of one another and people are becoming distant and disconnected from themselves, others and their environment.

A group of men enlist Hew Jones, who has previously been outside the walled cities, to take them on a safari trip where they will seek relief by injecting a new drug called Pelargonium which will take away their civilised instincts revert them mentally to a stone-age mindset.

Their little trip falls into disarray almost from the beginning and rapid descents into savagery and a fight for survival.

Overall, it was certainly an unexpectedly unusual story yet in it's own quaint way it was quite enjoyable. Not really anything stand out about it as at its core it is an overcoming adversity novel, just set in a unique setting and in the year 2080.
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HenriMoreaux | Jun 30, 2020 |
This is the autobiography of Eric C. Williams. Who? you may ask. Eric was one of the founding fathers of British Science Fiction, who together with his friends John Wyndham, John Christopher and Arthur C. Clarke began the London branch of the UK Sci-Fi fans. They later, post World War II, went on to produce a regular magazine which they hand bound and posted to all their 400 plus readers. Later the magazine would be taken over by Michael Moorcock.
Eric's biography is very different to most, it is an account of how marvellous he was but of how normal he was. There were no great achievements, no boasting, just humble honesty. The whole book, every word, depicts the very essence of the man who wrote a string of Sci-Fi hits in the 1970's. There are websites out there with his books listed for all to go and find and discover. He writes in a simple, elegant prose style that cradles the reader.
Eric C. Williams gave me the honour of taking his typed manuscript and turning it into this book complete with some of his war time sketches and few photographs. In January 2010 Eric died at the age of 91. He was a master craftsman with words and true gentleman hat is sorely missed among his friends.
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MathewBridle | May 4, 2015 |
Eric is as usual very creative. Never strays into fantasy, always true to his genre.
 
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MathewBridle | May 4, 2015 |
Well worth picking up. This was re-released in 2010 shortly before the author died.
 
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Teokset
14
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Jäseniä
16
Suosituimmuussija
#679,947
Arvio (tähdet)
½ 3.5
Kirja-arvosteluja
5
ISBN:t
9
Kielet
1