Geoffrey Hoyle

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Geoffrey Hoyle (b. 1942) is an English science fiction writer, best known for the works which he co-authored with his father, the astronomer Fred Hoyle. About half of Fred Hoyle's science fiction works were co-authored with his son [1]

He was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset, and then entered Cambridge where he read fine arts. 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 co-authored novels - however, he did work as a "scientific advisor" to some series such as Timeslip.

[edit] Works

(Novels unless otherwise specified)

With his father, Fred Hoyle:

• Fifth Planet, 1963
• October the First is Too Late, 1966
• 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
• Disaster, 1975
• Flight (Achievements), 1984 (illustrated by Gerald Witcomb)

[edit] References

• Fifth Planet cover notes
• Fantastic Fiction entry
• Sci Fan bibliography

[edit] External links

• Books with son Geoffrey