Bøger af Noel Hodson

Entered for The Whitbread First Novel Prize and reviewed by Brian Aldiss in The Times & The Guardian, who dubbed the author "That distinguished futurist". AD2516 depicts the world re-born after the 2012 floods and pandemics in Noel Hodson's first tale, OUT OF THE DEPTHS. It is a good read - amusing and on many levels - that predicts what life will be like in the interconnected communities relying on quantum computing or The Q Field. The future science, economics and societies are all realistically based in today's achievements. It offers hope and a great life, in a world that has rebuilt New York and functions without money, where people live for 180 years. Engaging and intriguing, it lasts just about as long as a transatlantic flight.

Noel was born into a large Catholic family in 1942. His mother, a shy and private woman told endless stories, portraying the world to her six children; assigning to each child a role which defined them forever, as they saw themselves through her eyes and identified with the stories she told. Noel, the second child, follows in his mother's footsteps, telling us about a world long since gone. Stories that are funny, sad and painful to read, which give us an insight into the post-war years when children could roam freely, where bomb sites were part of the landscape, and grown-ups inhabited a completely different world.

Isaac Newton ends up in the 21st century by accident, in the easiest, most enjoyable introduction to quantum physics ever devised.