Fred Hoyle Libros

A huge black cloud heading for the Earth will block the sun and wipe out life on Earth. Scientists assemble to stop the cloud, but are forced to rethink humankind's place in the universe.

Alien spirits unknowingly brought back from a mission to an far away planet have begun to slip into the bodies of earthlings. Could this be the beginning of the end of the human race, and the beginning of another?

Fast-paced novel written with wry humour by the father-son team, set in London and Scotland, in Australia and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, about facing imminent natural catastrophe, from a quasar in the sky.

A new radio telescope picks up from the constellation of Andromeda a complex series of signals which prove to be a programme for a giant computer. After the computer is built it begins to relay information from Andromeda. Scientists find themselves possessing knowledge previously unknown to mankind, knowledge that could threaten the security of human life itself.

Young Peter, a student of Byzantine Art at Moscow University, receives, through a cryptic sentence in a lecture, a message to buy two books of his choice at a specific hour in the University bookshop. When he opens the package, a third book has been included. It is this third book which sends Peter on a series of adventures leading to the unravelling of a mysterious power source guiding the destinies of planet Earth. His quest is also intimately linked with his father's baffling disappearance. Once again the Hoyles have succeeded in combininig an enjoyable piece of story-telling with scientific speculation of lasting interest.

From a great distance the Yela’s recorded message crackled through the micro-earpiece – “For the time being you have won. But I am not defeated so easily” –That had been three years ago, after Dick Warboys had repulsed the invading Yela by firing a lithium bomb into the sun. but now that threat seems impending as scientists detect the rapid approach of a vast engulfing cloud of hydrogen. Warboys and his allies therefore set out in hot pursuit of the Yela into deepest space from Ursa Majoris, to save the Earth.

Offering a deep intellectual exploration, this 1957 publication examines the historical trends shaping humanity's future. It challenges readers to engage with complex ideas and encourages a critical understanding of the forces influencing societal development. The book serves as a thought-provoking resource for those interested in the interplay between history and the potential trajectories of human civilization.

Set against the backdrop of a looming energy crisis in the late 1970s, this book advocates for nuclear fission as a viable alternative primary fuel. It explores the urgent need for sustainable energy solutions and presents a compelling case for harnessing nuclear power to address global energy demands. The author emphasizes the potential of nuclear fission to transform energy production and mitigate crises, making a significant contribution to discussions on energy policy and environmental sustainability.

Mike Jerome, a likeable young TV writer, visits Professor Smitt, a physicist, who gives him an idea for a TV script: using some source of light, perhaps a laser beam, one could reduce the human structure to a form that could be transmitted into the future as electrical pulses, and thus create time travel.On the way home Mike is hit by a taxi, and when he recovers he finds the date is 1979, ten years in the future. Thus is the beginning of a series of bewildering, fascinating ten year jumps. Mike is himself living the time change himself! At the end of each stop he tries to find his best friend, Pete Jones, a Negro jazz musician. Mike's lumps to 1989, 1999 and so on, take him into such far-reaching places as London, the Northern Territory of Australia, California and the Italian Alps.