Comments on: Judgement Day, 1936 http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judgement-day-1936 Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Wed, 23 May 2012 10:08:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Enfilade http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/comment-page-1/#comment-53441 Enfilade Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:26:55 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/#comment-53441 I always have recurring dreams similar to this one, they usually involve me being at home then hearing an extremely loud explosion, accompanied by blinding light and high winds that I can feel blowing me so hard I can't open my eyes, but I can feel myself disintigrate and die, each and every time. I always have recurring dreams similar to this one, they usually involve me being at home then hearing an extremely loud explosion, accompanied by blinding light and high winds that I can feel blowing me so hard I can't open my eyes, but I can feel myself disintigrate and die, each and every time.

]]> By: Airminded · A world war in a day http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/comment-page-1/#comment-4313 Airminded · A world war in a day Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:36:26 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/#comment-4313 [...] Last month, I noted a parallel between certain pre- and post-Hiroshima nuclear warfare narratives. Here’s an even more common one, this time between the knock-out blow itself and nuclear warfare. [...] [...] Last month, I noted a parallel between certain pre- and post-Hiroshima nuclear warfare narratives. Here’s an even more common one, this time between the knock-out blow itself and nuclear warfare. [...]

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/comment-page-1/#comment-3343 Brett Holman Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:10:53 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/#comment-3343 Thanks, I did see that but was saving it for a future post! Ambler says much the same thing in the 1973 foreword to the edition I looked at. It was probably a bit harsh of me to doubt his story, but <em>Public Faces</em> was very popular, and was published when he was 23 or so. Even if he didn't read it himself, I would have thought it likely that he would have heard about the atomic bomb idea from there at least. Not that he lifted it wholesale from Nicolson or Wells, his bomb works very differently to either of theirs. Thanks, I did see that but was saving it for a future post!

Ambler says much the same thing in the 1973 foreword to the edition I looked at. It was probably a bit harsh of me to doubt his story, but Public Faces was very popular, and was published when he was 23 or so. Even if he didn't read it himself, I would have thought it likely that he would have heard about the atomic bomb idea from there at least. Not that he lifted it wholesale from Nicolson or Wells, his bomb works very differently to either of theirs.

]]> By: Nemo http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/comment-page-1/#comment-3323 Nemo Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:41:06 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/#comment-3323 As you point out there were atom bomb novels before Ambler. For a good discussion or pre-Hiroshima nuclear war fiction go here http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/nuclear/1chap.htm According to this page Ambler apparantly claimed he got the idea of the atomic bomb from his studies of nuclear physics, not from earlier works of fiction. But then he titled his autobiography (which I haven't read) HERE LIES, didn't he? As you point out there were atom bomb novels before Ambler. For a good discussion or pre-Hiroshima nuclear war fiction go here

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/nuclear/1chap.htm

According to this page Ambler apparantly claimed he got the idea of the atomic bomb from his studies of nuclear physics, not from earlier works of fiction. But then he titled his autobiography (which I haven't read) HERE LIES, didn't he?

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/comment-page-1/#comment-3198 Brett Holman Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:17:04 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/#comment-3198 Yes, I thought that too! Yes, I thought that too!

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/comment-page-1/#comment-3197 Chris Williams Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:47:00 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/18/judgement-day-1936/#comment-3197 "under what he believes is an alias but is actually his real name" That's very Philip K Dick, isn't it? "under what he believes is an alias but is actually his real name"

That's very Philip K Dick, isn't it?

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