Future Revisitations
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Revisiting a love of classic SF last enjoyed several decades ago… and so now in the process of discovering many fine page-turners for the very first time. 📚
Currently reading ‘The Merchants of Venus’ (and enjoying this a great deal) which I see you’ve covered on your site too 👍
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Currently reading ‘The Merchants of Venus’ (and enjoying this a great deal) which I see you’ve covered on your site too 👍
Absolutely - I was instantly taken by the way the Wub began to wax lyrical (in a very erudite fashion!) on everything from the principles of democracy to Greek Mythology 🙂
PKD had such a great sense of humour.
PKD had such a great sense of humour.
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Absolutely - I was instantly taken by the way the Wub began to wax lyrical (in a very erudite fashion!) on everything from the principles of democracy to Greek Mythology 🙂
PKD had such a great sense of humour.
PKD had such a great sense of humour.
10. OTD 1966. My favourite Frederik Pohl story, the sublime ‘Tunnel Under the World’ was the next ‘Out of the Unknown’ adaptation.
Considered missing for decades, a film print was thankfully returned to the archives in 2004.
Ironically, this 1966 ‘Listener’ review wasn’t quite as enthusiastic 🙂👇
Considered missing for decades, a film print was thankfully returned to the archives in 2004.
Ironically, this 1966 ‘Listener’ review wasn’t quite as enthusiastic 🙂👇
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
10. OTD 1966. My favourite Frederik Pohl story, the sublime ‘Tunnel Under the World’ was the next ‘Out of the Unknown’ adaptation.
Considered missing for decades, a film print was thankfully returned to the archives in 2004.
Ironically, this 1966 ‘Listener’ review wasn’t quite as enthusiastic 🙂👇
Considered missing for decades, a film print was thankfully returned to the archives in 2004.
Ironically, this 1966 ‘Listener’ review wasn’t quite as enthusiastic 🙂👇
11. OTD 1965. The next episode was Terry Nation’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Fox and the Forest’, concerning a young couple fleeing from a dystopian future.
Sadly never repeated (due to rights issues) & now missing from the archives, bar the end credit sequence & a reel of sound effects.
Sadly never repeated (due to rights issues) & now missing from the archives, bar the end credit sequence & a reel of sound effects.
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
11. OTD 1965. The next episode was Terry Nation’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Fox and the Forest’, concerning a young couple fleeing from a dystopian future.
Sadly never repeated (due to rights issues) & now missing from the archives, bar the end credit sequence & a reel of sound effects.
Sadly never repeated (due to rights issues) & now missing from the archives, bar the end credit sequence & a reel of sound effects.
Great selection there - and very reoresentative of the breadth of his work.
Very fond of My Name is Legion in particular (the ‘Best Of’ collections contains the title story but not the other two novellas).
Very fond of My Name is Legion in particular (the ‘Best Of’ collections contains the title story but not the other two novellas).
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Great selection there - and very reoresentative of the breadth of his work.
Very fond of My Name is Legion in particular (the ‘Best Of’ collections contains the title story but not the other two novellas).
Very fond of My Name is Legion in particular (the ‘Best Of’ collections contains the title story but not the other two novellas).
Yes, that lost (Holy Grail) footage of the band - which presumably found itself on the editing floor - would have been a sensational inclusion.
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Yes, that lost (Holy Grail) footage of the band - which presumably found itself on the editing floor - would have been a sensational inclusion.
9. OTD 1966. Out of the Unknown: ‘The Eye’, adapted from ‘Private Eye’ by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore (writing as ‘Lewis Padgett’). An intriguing premise involving the decoding of recorded light & sound impressions left in walls, which can be ‘played back’ to identify perpetrators of past crimes.
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
9. OTD 1966. Out of the Unknown: ‘The Eye’, adapted from ‘Private Eye’ by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore (writing as ‘Lewis Padgett’). An intriguing premise involving the decoding of recorded light & sound impressions left in walls, which can be ‘played back’ to identify perpetrators of past crimes.
One of my favourites too - and yes, an astonishingly fitting cover.
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
One of my favourites too - and yes, an astonishingly fitting cover.
Comfort-reading for this long time admirer - always beautifully written & the imagery invariably stays in the mind long after finishing any one of his works (either short stories or novels).
And I’d love for a reissue of his work with those evocative David Pelham covers 👇
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And I’d love for a reissue of his work with those evocative David Pelham covers 👇
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Remembering J.G. Ballard, born OTD 1930.
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Comfort-reading for this long time admirer - always beautifully written & the imagery invariably stays in the mind long after finishing any one of his works (either short stories or novels).
And I’d love for a reissue of his work with those evocative David Pelham covers 👇
bsky.app/profile/futu...
And I’d love for a reissue of his work with those evocative David Pelham covers 👇
bsky.app/profile/futu...
10. OTD 1965. The next entry was an adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s 1954 story ‘Sucker Bait’, in which a push for scientific specialisation leads to a critical inability to link key findings made in different fields, with tragic results for a crew investigating the mysterious death of a remote colony.
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
10. OTD 1965. The next entry was an adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s 1954 story ‘Sucker Bait’, in which a push for scientific specialisation leads to a critical inability to link key findings made in different fields, with tragic results for a crew investigating the mysterious death of a remote colony.
Read ‘Inconstant Moon’ as part of the ‘Masterpieces’ anthology earlier this year - fabulous story.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Read ‘Inconstant Moon’ as part of the ‘Masterpieces’ anthology earlier this year - fabulous story.
Ooh, The Prestige… now there‘s one for the 2026 TBR pile… 👍
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Ooh, The Prestige… now there‘s one for the 2026 TBR pile… 👍
Highly recommended 🙂👍
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Highly recommended 🙂👍
Yes, spoilt for choice really! I currently have A Dream of Wessex on order 👍
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Yes, spoilt for choice really! I currently have A Dream of Wessex on order 👍
Looking forward immensely to discovering his back catalogue - The Prestige, A Dream of Wessex, The Affirmation, The Space Machine & many others - lots of keep me entertained there I’m sure 🙂
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Looking forward immensely to discovering his back catalogue - The Prestige, A Dream of Wessex, The Affirmation, The Space Machine & many others - lots of keep me entertained there I’m sure 🙂