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When Worlds Collide had far-reaching influences on the science fiction genre. The themes of an approaching planet threatening the Earth, and an athletic hero, his girlfriend, and a scientist traveling to the new planet by rocket, were used by writer Alex Raymond in his 1934 comic strip Flash Gordon.
- Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer
- 1933
Jan 19, 2016 · The opening line of When Worlds Collide (1951; Dir. Rudolph Maté), delivered with the sonorous gravitas typical of 1950s' science fiction, pulls no punches in establishing the high stakes of the fi...
The most influential impact narrative of the interwar years was When Worlds Collide by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie, serialised in 1932 and published in book form the following year.
Jul 3, 2010 · Although both films, War of the Worlds and When Worlds Collide, were produced a few years apart in the early 1950s, they’re a match set of true science fiction adventure! One reason is because of George Pal, the Producer, the Man.
Mar 15, 2016 · Philip K. Dick revealed a playful sense of humor in a 1973 letter to the Pollak Library’s University Archives and Special Collections, where alternate worlds, alien beings and scholarly pursuits had begun to converge a few years earlier.
When Worlds Collide is a 1951 Science Fiction film, produced by George Pal and directed by Rudolph Maté. Based upon the 1933 novel by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, it follows a group of astronomers who discover that a star is on a collision course with Earth.
Feb 22, 2024 · A sci-fi classic can help to illustrate the point. One of the most influential works of early science fiction, When Worlds Collide, was co-authored by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie and published in 1933. A sequel, After Worlds Collide, followed in 1934.
