Identify this SF Book?
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FROM: "Cynthia Orr" <[removed]@cpl.org>
DATE: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:22:39 -0500
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> This might sound like an odd question but I have been searching for a
>> particular science fiction book for a LONNNGG time. I read it when I
>> was much younger but now don't know the title.
>>
>> The book is actually three books in one and details the destruction
of
>> the earth.
>> The first piece (novella?) has the people of earth building a ship to
go
>> to another planet.
>> The second piece is about the trip to the planet (It takes
generations
>> to get there)
>> The final piece is about them getting there generations down the
line.
>>
If I'm reading it correctly, it's one book, not three. Thanks.
Cindy
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FROM: Paula Fortier <[removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
DATE: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:16:12 -0700 (MST)
I don't know of the third one, but will be waiting to hear what it is so I
can read it!
Paula H. Fortier Tel: (602) 534-5276
Desert Sage Branch Fax: (602) 534-4367
Phoenix Public Library email: [removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
7602 W. Encanto Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85035
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Cynthia Orr wrote:
> Can anyone help with this one?
>
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> This might sound like an odd question but I have been searching for a
>
> >> particular science fiction book for a LONNNGG time. I read it when I
>
> >> was much younger but now don't know the title.
> >>
> >> The book is actually three books in one and details the destruction
> of
> >> the earth.
> >> The first piece (novella?) has the people of earth building a ship to
> go
> >> to another planet.
> >> The second piece is about the trip to the planet (It takes
> generations
> >> to get there)
> >> The final piece is about them getting there generations down the
> line.
> >>
>
> If I'm reading it correctly, it's one book, not three. Thanks.
> Cindy
> --
> **********************************************************************
> Cynthia Orr Email: [removed]@cpl.org
> Collection Manager Phone: 216-623-2906
> Cleveland Public Library Fax: 216-623-2920
> 17133 Lake Shore Blvd.
> Cleveland, OH 44110 http://www.cpl.org
> **********************************************************************
>
>
FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
DATE: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:45:45 -0600
But maybe it's not Wylie/Balmer; I don't think the trip to the new
planet (a rogue which has entered the solar system) takes anything
like generations, for instance. If the client is in fact speaking
of three novellas in one book (it's not clear to me either), the
answer might be ORBIT UNLIMITED by Poul Anderson (just a guess from
memory of reviews of the book, which I've not myself read--it's from
circa 1960).
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:16:12 -0700 (MST)
From: Paula Fortier <[removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
Subject: Re: Identify this SF Book?
I think I just discovered these a couple years ago:
When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and the sequel
After Worlds Collide.
I don't know of the third one, but will be waiting to hear what it is so I
can read it!
Paula H. Fortier Tel: (602) 534-5276
Desert Sage Branch Fax: (602) 534-4367
Phoenix Public Library email: [removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
7602 W. Encanto Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85035
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Cynthia Orr wrote:
> Can anyone help with this one?
>
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> This might sound like an odd question but I have been searching for a
>
> >> particular science fiction book for a LONNNGG time. I read it when I
>
> >> was much younger but now don't know the title.
> >>
> >> The book is actually three books in one and details the destruction
> of
> >> the earth.
> >> The first piece (novella?) has the people of earth building a ship to
> go
> >> to another planet.
> >> The second piece is about the trip to the planet (It takes
> generations
> >> to get there)
> >> The final piece is about them getting there generations down the
> line.
> >>
>
> If I'm reading it correctly, it's one book, not three. Thanks.
> Cindy
> --
> **********************************************************************
> Cynthia Orr Email: [removed]@cpl.org
FROM: Paula Fortier <[removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
DATE: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:14:50 -0700 (MST)
Paula H. Fortier Tel: (602) 534-5276
Desert Sage Branch Fax: (602) 534-4367
Phoenix Public Library email: [removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
7602 W. Encanto Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85035
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Dennis Lien wrote:
> I agree that the client is perhaps (slightly mis-)remembering WHEN
> WORLDS COLLIDE and AFTER WORLDS COLLIDE. Wylie is the *co*-author, with
> Edwin Balmer. A third book was almost certainly intended, but it was
> never written, so don't lose sleep trying to find it...sorry.
>
> But maybe it's not Wylie/Balmer; I don't think the trip to the new
> planet (a rogue which has entered the solar system) takes anything
> like generations, for instance. If the client is in fact speaking
> of three novellas in one book (it's not clear to me either), the
> answer might be ORBIT UNLIMITED by Poul Anderson (just a guess from
> memory of reviews of the book, which I've not myself read--it's from
> circa 1960).
>
> Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
>
>
>
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:16:12 -0700 (MST)
> From: Paula Fortier <[removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: Re: Identify this SF Book?
>
> I think I just discovered these a couple years ago:
> When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and the sequel
> After Worlds Collide.
>
> I don't know of the third one, but will be waiting to hear what it is so I
> can read it!
>
> Paula H. Fortier Tel: (602) 534-5276
> Desert Sage Branch Fax: (602) 534-4367
> Phoenix Public Library email: [removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
> 7602 W. Encanto Blvd.
> Phoenix, AZ 85035
>
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Cynthia Orr wrote:
>
> > Can anyone help with this one?
> >
> > >> Hi folks,
> > >>
> > >> This might sound like an odd question but I have been searching for a
> >
> > >> particular science fiction book for a LONNNGG time. I read it when I
> >
> > >> was much younger but now don't know the title.
> > >>
> > >> The book is actually three books in one and details the destruction
> > of
> > >> the earth.
> > >> The first piece (novella?) has the people of earth building a ship to
> > go
> > >> to another planet.
> > >> The second piece is about the trip to the planet (It takes
> > generations
> > >> to get there)
> > >> The final piece is about them getting there generations down the
> > line.
> > >>
> >
> > If I'm reading it correctly, it's one book, not three. Thanks.
> > Cindy
> > --
> > **********************************************************************
> > Cynthia Orr Email: [removed]@cpl.org
>
FROM: "Cynthia Orr" <[removed]@cpl.org>
DATE: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 15:34:38 -0500
C
Dennis Lien wrote:
> I agree that the client is perhaps (slightly mis-)remembering WHEN
> WORLDS COLLIDE and AFTER WORLDS COLLIDE. Wylie is the *co*-author, with
> Edwin Balmer. A third book was almost certainly intended, but it was
> never written, so don't lose sleep trying to find it...sorry.
>
> But maybe it's not Wylie/Balmer; I don't think the trip to the new
> planet (a rogue which has entered the solar system) takes anything
> like generations, for instance. If the client is in fact speaking
> of three novellas in one book (it's not clear to me either), the
> answer might be ORBIT UNLIMITED by Poul Anderson (just a guess from
> memory of reviews of the book, which I've not myself read--it's from
> circa 1960).
>
> Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
>
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:16:12 -0700 (MST)
> From: Paula Fortier <[removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: Re: Identify this SF Book?
>
> I think I just discovered these a couple years ago:
> When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and the sequel
> After Worlds Collide.
>
> I don't know of the third one, but will be waiting to hear what it is so I
> can read it!
>
> Paula H. Fortier Tel: (602) 534-5276
> Desert Sage Branch Fax: (602) 534-4367
> Phoenix Public Library email: [removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
> 7602 W. Encanto Blvd.
> Phoenix, AZ 85035
>
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Cynthia Orr wrote:
>
> > Can anyone help with this one?
> >
> > >> Hi folks,
> > >>
> > >> This might sound like an odd question but I have been searching for a
> >
> > >> particular science fiction book for a LONNNGG time. I read it when I
> >
> > >> was much younger but now don't know the title.
> > >>
> > >> The book is actually three books in one and details the destruction
> > of
> > >> the earth.
> > >> The first piece (novella?) has the people of earth building a ship to
> > go
> > >> to another planet.
> > >> The second piece is about the trip to the planet (It takes
> > generations
> > >> to get there)
> > >> The final piece is about them getting there generations down the
> > line.
> > >>
> >
> > If I'm reading it correctly, it's one book, not three. Thanks.
> > Cindy
> > --
> > **********************************************************************
> > Cynthia Orr Email: [removed]@cpl.org
--
**********************************************************************
Cynthia Orr Email: [removed]@cpl.org
Collection Manager Phone: 216-623-2906
Cleveland Public Library Fax: 216-623-2920
17133 Lake Shore Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44110 http://www.cpl.org
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
DATE: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 10:02:42 PST
>From: Paula Fortier <[removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: FictionL <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: Re: Identify this SF Book?
>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:16:12 -0700 (MST)
>
>
>I think I just discovered these a couple years ago:
>When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and the sequel
>After Worlds Collide.
>
>I don't know of the third one, but will be waiting to hear what it is so I
>can read it!
There isn't one. Sorry!
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
DATE: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 10:02:01 PST
>From: "Cynthia Orr" <[removed]@cpl.org>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: FictionL <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: Identify this SF Book?
>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:22:39 -0500
>
>Can anyone help with this one?
>
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> This might sound like an odd question but I have been searching for a
>
> >> particular science fiction book for a LONNNGG time. I read it when I
>
> >> was much younger but now don't know the title.
> >>
> >> The book is actually three books in one and details the destruction
>of
> >> the earth.
> >> The first piece (novella?) has the people of earth building a ship to
>go
> >> to another planet.
> >> The second piece is about the trip to the planet (It takes
>generations
> >> to get there)
> >> The final piece is about them getting there generations down the
>line.
> >>
>
>If I'm reading it correctly, it's one book, not three. Thanks.
>Cindy
>--
>
This may be Ben Bova's "Exiles" trilogy.
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