Geoffrey Hoyle
Geoffrey Hoyle (born 12 January 1941) is an English science fiction writer, best known for the works which he co-wrote with his father, the astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle. About half of Fred Hoyle's science fiction works were co-written with his son.[1]
He was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset, and then entered Cambridge where he read Economics. After 1964, Hoyle worked in London in the field of modern communications and the film/television industry. Unlike his father, he is not a scientist, and contributed to the more "human" side of their novels – however, he did work as a "scientific advisor" to some series such as Timeslip.
In 2010, his book 2010: Living in the Future was popularised by a blog[2] 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.[3]
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
- Books with son Geoffrey
- Geoffrey Hoyle at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- 2010: Living in the future: the book
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Use dmy dates from April 2022
- AC with 0 elements
- 1942 births
- Living people
- People educated at Bryanston School
- English science fiction writers
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- English male novelists
- All stub articles
- English writer stubs
- Science fiction writer stubs