Re: An Earth-size planet is careening untethered through the galaxy,

On 02/11/2020 18:13, a425couple wrote:
> On 11/1/2020 1:05 PM, Default User wrote:
>> a425couple wrote:
>>
>>> What Sci-Fi books have involved a planet that is free
>>> and unteathered to any sun / star?
>>
>> When Worlds Collide features two.
>>
>> Brian
>>
> Thank you for responding.
> 
> Well, as I read it:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Worlds_Collide_(1951_film)
> 
> It is a rogue star, named Bellus, and orbiting around it
> is a planet named Zyra.
> Also, a second planet, " In the novel, the object that destroys
> the Earth is another planet. The change to a star makes the film's
> title inaccurate, as is the movie poster's wording: "Planets
> destroy Earth!"
> 
> And, when our 'Earthlings' get to Zyra, they find
> it is habitable (so has had previous life processes!).
> 
> 
> 
> 

As far as I can recall, in the film the larger planet collides with 
Earth, and it was not a star.

In the original book, on which the film was based, the planets are named 
Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta, for the astronomer (in South Africa, as 
I recall) who discovered them as a pair of tiny streaks on an 
astronomical long-exposure photograph.  Definitely not a star.  Planet 
Bronson Alpha collides with Earth, and a few survivors from various 
countries on Earth manage to escape to Beta, which is Earthlike enough 
for colonies to survive.  The book mainly details the American effort to 
reach and land on Beta.  Unfortunately, the Nazis and Japanese warlords 
also get there, as well as (I recall) some British and French, possibly 
others.  There is a lot of 1930s politics in all this.

There was a sequel novel, "After Worlds Collide", that answers the 
question, "What happens next?"

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Mike Dworetsky

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