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Классическая «твердая» научная фантастика образца 1957 года от известного астронома из Кембриджа сэра Фреда Хойла.

Приближение к нашей планете гигантского черного облака, которое закрывает ее от солнечных лучей, вызывает на Земле всеобщую панику, политические кризисы, климатические изменения. В это время группа ученых — в их числе почтенный Королевский астроном, доктор Марлоу из Паломарской обсерватории, эксцентричный профессор Кингсли и даже астрофизик из СССР — в чрезвычайной спешке ищет путь уменьшить ущерб от недостатка инсоляции… а находит способ общения с чуждым инопланетным разумом.

L’ombra mortale di una nuvola di gas avvolge la Terra. Mentre i politici si agitano vanamente, alcuni scienziati giungono a una straordinaria scoperta: la Nuvola non è solo un ammasso di gas… In questo classico della fantascienza (1958), suspence, credibilità scientifica (Hoyle è uno scienziato), e infiniti spunti di riflessione sui rapporti scienza-politica.

Renowned scientist John Sinclair and his old school friend Richard, a celebrated composer, are enjoying a climbing expedition in the Scottish Highlands when Sinclair disappears without a trace for thirteen hours. When he resurfaces with no explanation for his disappearance, he has undergone an uncanny alteration: a birthmark on his back has vanished. But stranger events are yet to come: things are normal enough in Britain, but in France it’s 1917 and World War I is raging, Greece is in the Golden Age of Pericles, America seems to have reverted to the 18th century, and Russia and China are thousands of years in the future. Against this macabre backdrop of coexisting time spheres, the two young men risk their lives to unravel the truth. But truth is in the mind of the beholder, and who is to say which of these timelines is the ‘real’ one? In October the First Is Too Late (1966), world-famous astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) explores fascinating concepts of time and consciousness in the form of a thrilling science fiction adventure that ranks among his very best.

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- Julian Jebb, Sunday Times

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- Kirkus Reviews

Novelization of the BBC TV Series

Originality, excitement, pace, and scientific accuracy—readers who appreciate these elements in science fiction will enjoy thoroughly this outstanding novel of adventure. is the product of a very successful collaboration between an astrophysicist of world-wide reputation and a talented dramatist whose work for British television has received the highest critical recognition.

The scene is set ten years from now. A new radio-telescope picks up from the constellation of Andromeda, two hundred light-years away, a complex series of signals which prove to be a program for a giant computer. Someone in outer space is trying to communicate, using a supremely clever yet entirely logical method.

When the necessary computer is built and begins to relay the information it receives from Andromeda, the project assumes a vital importance: politically, militarily, and commercially. For scientists find themselves possessing knowledge previously unknown to man, knowledge of such a nature that the security of human life itself is threatened.

As a seven-part serial on BBC television, this story established popularity records. The last several installments doubled BBC’s audience, reaching 80 per cent of the viewing audience of Great Britain.