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Help naming a classic sci-fi book
Mr Whippy - 11/12/18 at 02:42 PM

After the success of previous requests to name books on here from my childhood which I now have in my collection thanks to online second hand bookshops and even now share with my kids, there is one book I cannot find the name of -

It is a long time ago (over 30 years) when I read this and was one of my dads books I started reading but it involves a captured flying saucer and what I can remember are –

• It had a large central sphere which slowly rotated to uncover the entrance
• It started to absorb all the heat of the room it was stored in

Yip not a lot to go on there, you can see why I am struggling to find it!

Can any genius on here work out what book this is from…??? Thanks


Benzine - 12/12/18 at 10:44 AM

Build Your Own UFO for as Little as £250?


Mr Whippy - 12/12/18 at 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by Benzine
Build Your Own UFO for as Little as £250?


and in the end turns out to cost you £250 billion... and the original was revealed to be made of parts from a junk yard and bits of an old knackered Escort

Oh dear my terrible description seems to be helping no end... I can only remember snippets...


nick205 - 12/12/18 at 02:21 PM

Any idea of who the author is/was?


02GF74 - 12/12/18 at 10:25 PM

Can you remember what the front cover looked like?


RedAvon - 13/12/18 at 12:11 AM

I would imagine around that time (30 or so years) it would either be Isaac Asimov or Arthur C Clarke as the author. Those were the authors my dad used to read.

I'm working on narrowing it down further 😁

Ian


MikeR - 14/12/18 at 01:44 PM

ive had a hunt and not found anything.

If you get any more details i'll talk to an old bosses husband. He sells scifi books at fairs and may be able to help.