Geoffrey Hoyle

Geoffrey Hoyle (born 12 January 1941) is an English science fiction writer, who co-wrote with his father, the astronomer Fred Hoyle. About half of Fred Hoyle's science fiction works were co-written with his son.^[1]

He was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset, and then entered Cambridge where he read Economics. After 1964, Hoyle worked in London in the field of modern communications and the film/television industry.^{[citation needed]}

H worked as a scientific advisor to some television series such as Timeslip.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, his book 2010: Living in the Future was popularised by a blog^[2] which compared Hoyle's 38-year-old predictions with the reality of modern life. This led to a Facebook campaign to track down Hoyle and talk to him about his visions.^[3]

(Novels unless otherwise specified)

With his father, Fred Hoyle:

• Fifth Planet (1963)
• Rockets in Ursa Major (1969), based on a play by Fred
• Seven Steps to the Sun (1970)
• The Inferno (1973)
• The Molecule Men and the Monster of Loch Ness (1973), short story collection
• Into Deepest Space (1974)
• The Incandescent Ones (1977)
• The Westminster Disaster (1978)
• Commonsense in Nuclear Energy (1980), non-fiction
• The Professor Gamma series
  • The Energy Pirate (1982)
  • The Frozen Planet of Azuron (1982)
  • The Giants of Universal Park (1982)
  • The Planet of Death (1982)

With Janice Robertson:

• Ask Me Why (1976), non-fiction

As sole author:

• 2010: Living in the Future (1972), illustrated by Alasdair Anderson
• Disaster (1975)
• Flight (Achievements) (1984), illustrated by Gerald Witcomb

• Fifth Planet cover notes
• Fantastic Fiction entry
• Sci Fan bibliography

• Books with son Geoffrey
• Geoffrey Hoyle at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• 2010: Living in the future: the book