Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute Norway had parallel careers as an aircraft engineer and, under the abbreviated name Nevil Shute, as a best-selling author.

Nevil Shute Cover Gallery Steve 2010

Nevil Shute was, in brief, the sort of novelist who genuinely touches the imagination and feeling of the book-borrowing public.

Nevil Shute Cover Gallery Steve 2010

Again Nevil Shute examines the inconvenience of being a woman and turns it into strength, displaying his own remarkable empathy.

A Town Like Alice (1956) Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

However, the book doesn't live up to the hype offered in an American edition (The Last 14, Chariot Books, 1960), where Barr was described as "the new British Science Fiction discovery" and the book as "a brilliant novel by a writer destined to join the ranks of the greats" comparable with On the Beach (Nevil Shute) and The High and the Mighty (Ernest K. Gann).

Tyrone C. Barr Steve 2009

Also pictured here is the plaque dedicated to British author Nevil Shute on the Australian Writers Walk in Sydney.

A Town Like Alice (1956) Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

However, the book doesn't live up to the hype offered in an American edition (The Last 14, Chariot Books, 1960), where Barr was described as "the new British Science Fiction discovery" and the book as "a brilliant novel by a writer destined to join the ranks of the greats" comparable with On the Beach (Nevil Shute) and The High and the Mighty (Ernest K. Gann).

Archive 2009-11-01 Steve 2009

On the Beach, Nevil Shute If I had to pick one top favorite, this would be it.

Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games: March 2009 Archives 2009

However about fifteen minutes in, during an encounter with a mysterious doctor, it becomes clear that this is not simply Zombieland minus the zombies - it's Zombieland re-imagined by Nevil Shute.

On The Bleach [Review: Carriers] Sci-Fi Gene 2009

On the Beach, Nevil Shute If I had to pick one top favorite, this would be it.

My Top 10 Apocalyptic Tales - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2009

However about fifteen minutes in, during an encounter with a mysterious doctor, it becomes clear that this is not simply Zombieland minus the zombies - it's Zombieland re-imagined by Nevil Shute.

Archive 2009-12-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009