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Ossian's Ride is a science fiction novel by British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle, published in 1959. Plot summary. In the 1970 of this story, Eire has become an authoritarian police state, made somewhat acceptable to the population by the vast wealth flowing from a secret and forbidden science zone occupying a large area of the South ...
- Brian Sanders
- English
- Science fiction
- Fred Hoyle
23. Sept. 2020 · Ossian's ride. For several years Ireland has been pulling inexplicably further and further ahead of the rest of the world, technologically, and the rest of the world-- including British Intelligence -- would like to know how.
The year is 1970. Sealed behind an impenetrable barrier in the south of Ireland, the Industrial Corporation of Eire startles the rest of the world with its efficiency, its brilliance ... and its utter ruthlessness. To penetrate the barrier is to invite a swift and silent death.
22. Okt. 2019 · In 1959 the British astronomer Fred Hoyle published his science fiction novel, Ossian’s Ride, depicting a future Ireland miraculously transformed into a technological superpower. Vast highways crisscrossed the Irish countryside. The discovery of cheap contraception (manufactured from turf) broke the control of the Catholic church ...
Ossian's Ride. Fred Hoyle. Berkeley Publishing Corporation, 1961 - Industrialization - 153 pages. An English scientist is sent behind the Irish "Iron Curtain" in 1970 to investigate the secret behind the most powerful organization in the world. From insid ...
12. Mai 2016 · In addition to being the man who coined the term 'the Big Bang', world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle also produced a fine body of science fiction. This omnibus contains three of his SF novels:...
An astronomer of some note, Fred Hoyle was the consummate scientist cum science fiction writer. His stories often began from a science-oriented premise. "Ossian's Ride" is one of his best, bringing an unlikely hero into an unlikely situation and following him through a complex plot-line, drawing the reader right along. Each new development is ...
- Hardcover
- Fred Hoyle
