tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post3303087397176871824..comments2024-01-30T20:01:01.316+00:00Comments on Science Fiction & Fantasy: Professor A. M. Low and the 'Bunst' storiesAnthony G Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-41365351987705857032010-01-20T03:57:52.557+00:002010-01-20T03:57:52.557+00:00Ah yes, I remember listening to "Journey into...Ah yes, I remember listening to "Journey into Space", by Charles Chilton (I still have one of his novels, "The World in Peril" published in 1960). His works were unusual because they were written as radio plays first and novels later.<br /><br />That was a time when SF was a mainstream interest, with plays like this and books like Wyndham's "Day of the Triffids" very much a central part of popular culture. But then, "Star Trek" was in its day, too, and "Doctor Who" still is (although mostly for kids).Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-38311598010523019772010-01-19T18:46:34.610+00:002010-01-19T18:46:34.610+00:00Like you, for some reason, Prof Low's name has...Like you, for some reason, Prof Low's name has stuck in my memory too. In the early 1950's I used to visit my local library once a week and would devour the books that I took home to read. Among these was one by Low that fits the description that you give of the plot in Adrift in the Stratosphere. It frightened me to death. I'd like to read it again, however disappointing it might be. Similarly, I used to enjoy the radio series Journey into Space. I don't read much sci-fi these days but it's a genre for which I have a lot of respect. Particularly because I take the view that 'if man can imagine, man can achieve.' The number of times great discoveries, or great music, comes to people 'fully-formed' suggets to me that the unconsious mind is capable of tapping into a universal resource of which we have very little understanding. I am always amazed by the apparent alternative reality of the 'dream-world'longfusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04516552533954335819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-54486552423791647942008-12-29T15:10:00.000+00:002008-12-29T15:10:00.000+00:00Yes, I've also found that some works that I've rem...Yes, I've also found that some works that I've remembered fondly don't hold up on a reread decades later.<BR/><BR/>I've changed and SF has changed. Both changes lead to changes in expectations, I guess.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-5339343466620206582008-12-27T09:55:00.000+00:002008-12-27T09:55:00.000+00:00Yep, it was rather satisfying to track down those ...Yep, it was rather satisfying to track down those tag-ends of memory and refresh them, even though the Low novel was a disappointment.Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-62254163648258876152008-12-26T15:47:00.000+00:002008-12-26T15:47:00.000+00:00Interesting.I don't remember any of the names or t...Interesting.<BR/><BR/>I don't remember any of the names or titles, except for John Lymington. And, after reviewing the extensive list of his publications under various pen names, I can't say for certain that I've read any of them. <BR/><BR/>It must have been fun, though, to go rummaging around in your memories and then come up with this information. <BR/><BR/>Aside from comic strips and comic books, my first encounter with SF/F was probably in the late 40s when I wandered out of the children's section of the library into the adult section (this was back when "adult" meant mature rather than erotic or pornographic) and discovered a shelf of SF anthologies, many of which were edited by Groff Conklin.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com