After Worlds Collide

by Philip Wylie

Other authorsEdwin Balmer (Author)

Paperback, 1975

Status

Available

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Fic SF Wylie

Publication

Warner Books (1975), Mass Market Paperback

Description

After Worlds Collide picks up the story of its predecessor, When Worlds Collide. This sequel tells the story of the survivors' progress on the new world Bronson Beta after the destruction of Earth by a rogue planet.

User reviews

LibraryThing member buffalogr

As much a lesson in life and the human condition as it is sci-fi, this book was a very good predictor of the future. Written in 1933, it predicted many things that have come to pass. Alas, humanity has not gotten past that nasty aggressive war thing and life goes on.

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LibraryThing member ghr4

This sequel to "When Worlds Collide" offers similar pros and cons of the original: page-turning action scenes, awe-inspiring descriptions of the doomed cities of Bronson Beta, and, unfortunately, overwhelming streams of stilted dialogue and orations. If you can get past that, you'll be rewarded

with an interesting tale of the last of the human race transplanted on a savior planet and struggling for survival.

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LibraryThing member majackson

In short: Starting life on the new planet: crops, animals, human genetic diversity, etc. The Communists have landed, established a beach-head and want to secure their own form of government.

The pre-WWII stereotypes and attitudes add a lot of background to this sequel (I found them

“cute”)—even allowing that they invest a scenario that appears far-fetched by today’s standards. That the protagonist love-interests are willing to go along with the need to “share” their genetic material amongst other members of the survivors in order to preserve human diversity impresses me with the foresight of the authors to see that that would be necessary (in some form). Yes, the action is a bit simplistic; but there is enough believability written into the story to allow me to suspend disbelief in the sequel as I did in the first book “When Worlds Collide”.

It’s still a bit stodgy and hokey; and it’s still a good story.

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