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Oct 3, 2020 · At the conclusion of Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer ’s classic sci-fi novel When Worlds Collide (1933), the Earth is spectacularly destroyed in a collision with the rogue planet that had been dubbed Bronson Alpha.
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The two American ships take off, but lose contact with each other. Other ships are seen launching from Europe; the French ship's tubes melt, causing it to crash. The original American ship makes a successful landing, but it is unknown if anyone else made it.
- Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer
- 1933
May 1, 2021 · For some today’s reviewers, it seems, the film loses to the book, because on the one hand it adds a religious aspect more or less completely absent in the novel, on the other hand the ‘rival’ plot between Tony Drake and Dave Randall (his name in the film adaption obliberates the ‘s’) mentioned above is treated different: first, Pal ...
All those other apocalyptic books with their puny viruses and piddling nuclear wars have nothing on When Worlds Collide, which is about the smashing of Earth itself into jagged little pieces. Or it would be -- if physics respected the three-act structure.
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As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents, drowning cities, and wiping out millions. In central North America, a team of scientists race to build a spacecraft powerful enough to escape the doomed earth.
- Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie
The two American ships take off, but lose contact with each other. Other ships are seen launching from Europe; the French ship's tubes melt, causing it to crash. The original American ship makes a successful landing, but it is unknown if anyone else made it.
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by Philip Wylie. 4.05 · 152 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1934 · 3 editions. 2 volumes in one, encompassing When Worlds Collide…. Want to Read. Rate it: When Worlds Collide (When Worlds Collide, #1), After Worlds Collide (When Worlds Collide, #2), The Terrans of Beta (Worlds Collide, #3), and When Worlds...