David Brown
2021-05-22 01:09:24 UTC
Here's another review of a movie that might be of interest, the Supertrain pilot:
https://trendytroodon.blogspot.com/2021/05/space-1999-one-that-cost-more-than-star.html
Also, here's an excerpt regarding the premise, which I'd say is really pretty typical for SF through the 1940s and '50s: "What the story proposes is a transportation system that combines the regulatory, safety and security issues of an airplane, a subway and a nuclear power plant. It would be fascinating to consider just the psychological tension of operating such a vehicle, but this particular crew drives their atomic train through major cities like a run-down bus on a dirt road."
Any other egregious examples stand out? Especially after the early 1960s?
David N. Brown
Mesa, Arizona
https://trendytroodon.blogspot.com/2021/05/space-1999-one-that-cost-more-than-star.html
Also, here's an excerpt regarding the premise, which I'd say is really pretty typical for SF through the 1940s and '50s: "What the story proposes is a transportation system that combines the regulatory, safety and security issues of an airplane, a subway and a nuclear power plant. It would be fascinating to consider just the psychological tension of operating such a vehicle, but this particular crew drives their atomic train through major cities like a run-down bus on a dirt road."
Any other egregious examples stand out? Especially after the early 1960s?
David N. Brown
Mesa, Arizona