Re: An Earth-size planet is careening untethered through the galaxy,
a425couple <[email protected]>
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On 11/28/2020 6:03 AM, Michael Dworetsky wrote: > 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?" > Mike Dworetsky > Cool! I know nothing of the film. I am reading the original book now. 1930's literature is a bit different, but not as different as their attitudes! I might consider the sequel novel.