John Frederick Burke (1922–2011)

I picked this up on a lark from Old Inlet Bookshop in Homer, AK. It is essentially a word-for-word episode adaptation of Gerry Anderson's 1970 TV series "UFO." As such, there isn't much to review. Instead, I'd recommend you stream the series instead -- the visuals are great (if not cheesy), the stilted dialogue is just wonderful, and you can't beat Gabrielle Drake in her off-duty Moonbase outfit!

If you want some very mindless entertainment, you can find the full PDF of the book (and its complementary second volume) on the UFO Series Homepage *ufoseries dot com."… (altro)

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/moon-zero-two-by-john-burke/

The novelisation is by John Burke, author of over a hundred books (mostly novelisations and tie-ins), of which the best known is his treatment of the Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night. I was very pleasantly surprised. Where the film stuttered a bit in terns of style and tone, Burke has gone for a relentless noir vibe in the novelisation, which also enables him to smoothe over some of the awkward bits in the story. I thought it came across much better on the page than on screen.… (altro)