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L'alta fascia di ozono che circonda la Terra si mantiene grazie a un delicato equilibrio di reazioni chimiche. Ma nel 1974 accurate misurazioni hanno permesso di accertare che la fascia si va assottigliando. La minaccia è spaventosa: senza lo schermo di ozono che assorbe i raggi ultravioletti, il Sole brucerà ogni forma di vita sulla Terra. Chi o che cosa sta dunque distruggendo lo schermo? Nel 1975 si comincia a sospettare la verità e nel 1978 si prendono le prime misure pratiche per scongiurare la catastrofe. Troppo tardi? E le misure sono giuste o sbagliate? Nel 1986 - l'anno in cui si svolge l'azione di questo romanzo - il destino dell'umanità sarà sospeso a due fili: uno scientifico e l'altro puramente poliziesco.
Copertina di Karel Thole
Copertina di Karel Thole
- GenresScience FictionFiction
172 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
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About the author
Kit Pedler
29 books6 followersChristopher Magnus Howard "Kit" Pedler was a British medical scientist, science fiction author and writer on science in general.
He was the head of the electron microscopy department at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London, where he published a number of papers. Pedler's first television contribution was for the BBC programme Tomorrow's World.
In the mid-1960s, Pedler became the unofficial scientific adviser to the Doctor Who production team. Hired by Innes Lloyd to inject more hard science into the stories, Pedler formed a particular writing partnership with Gerry Davis, the programme's story editor. Their interest in the problems of science changing and endangering human life led them to create the Cybermen.
Pedler wrote three scripts for Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet, The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen. He also submitted the story outlines that became The War Machines, The Wheel in Space and The Invasion.
Pedler and Davis devised and co-wrote Doomwatch, a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme which ran on BBC One for three seasons from 1970 to 1972 (37 50-minute episodes plus one unshown) covered a government department that worked to combat technological and environmental disasters. Pedler and Davis contributed to only the first two series.
Pedler and Davis re-used the plot of the first episode of the series, The Plastic Eaters, for their 1971 novel Mutant 59: The Plastic Eaters.
His non-fiction book The Quest for Gaia gave practical advice on creating an ecologically sustainable lifestyle, using James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis.
He died of a heart attack at his home in Doddington, Kent, while completing production of Mind Over Matter, a series for Thames Television on the paranormal that he presented with Tony Bastable.
Pedler is buried at All Saints' Church in the Kent village of Graveney, where he lived before moving to nearby Doddington.
His daughter is novelist Carol Topolski
He was the head of the electron microscopy department at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London, where he published a number of papers. Pedler's first television contribution was for the BBC programme Tomorrow's World.
In the mid-1960s, Pedler became the unofficial scientific adviser to the Doctor Who production team. Hired by Innes Lloyd to inject more hard science into the stories, Pedler formed a particular writing partnership with Gerry Davis, the programme's story editor. Their interest in the problems of science changing and endangering human life led them to create the Cybermen.
Pedler wrote three scripts for Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet, The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen. He also submitted the story outlines that became The War Machines, The Wheel in Space and The Invasion.
Pedler and Davis devised and co-wrote Doomwatch, a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme which ran on BBC One for three seasons from 1970 to 1972 (37 50-minute episodes plus one unshown) covered a government department that worked to combat technological and environmental disasters. Pedler and Davis contributed to only the first two series.
Pedler and Davis re-used the plot of the first episode of the series, The Plastic Eaters, for their 1971 novel Mutant 59: The Plastic Eaters.
His non-fiction book The Quest for Gaia gave practical advice on creating an ecologically sustainable lifestyle, using James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis.
He died of a heart attack at his home in Doddington, Kent, while completing production of Mind Over Matter, a series for Thames Television on the paranormal that he presented with Tony Bastable.
Pedler is buried at All Saints' Church in the Kent village of Graveney, where he lived before moving to nearby Doddington.
His daughter is novelist Carol Topolski
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June 9, 2019
An OK sci-fi story with a message, sadly let down by sexist attitudes and appalling homophobia.
March 23, 2021
Divertente mix tra fantascienza e thriller, con atmosfere claustrofobiche alla Alien.
Patetico il finale, con un ambientalismo didascalico che avrebbe imbarazzato pure Celentano.
Patetico il finale, con un ambientalismo didascalico che avrebbe imbarazzato pure Celentano.
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