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Having not yet finished “Chasing the Cyclops” (I’m enjoying it immensely – but there’s a LOT of stuff in their that has made me sit back, stop & think! Yes, it’s THAT involving!) I thought it might be helpful (in the context of discussing/understanding the philosophy behind SPACE: 1999 & The MUF(‘s) in particular) to suggest that, in addition to CTC, you might like to read/watch/listen to the following:
Commentary on Dragon’s Domain by Johnny Byrne and Christopher Penfold (much discussion regarding the MUF and the writers discuss, at length, the ideas/concepts behind their work) – on the A&E (Region 1) 30th Anniversary Megaset Bonus Disc
http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/merc/vmvdvdus.html
Interviews with Johnny Byrne & Christopher Penfold – on the Italian SPAZIO: 1999 Year 1 Box Set
http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/merc/vmvdvdit.html
(I suggest you buy the “Collectors Editions” as these are just superb!)
Interviews with Johnny Byrne & Christopher Penfold as part of the excellent “These Episodes” Featurette/Documentary (the featurette can be found on the Network Series 1 Special Edition DVD version…
http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/merc/vmvdvduk2.html
…and the greatly expanded Documentary can be found on the Network Blu Ray release)
http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/merc/vmvdvdukbr.html
DESTINATION: MOONBASE ALPHA – Book, available from Telos Publishing in the UK. An essential purchase. There’re many insightful and provocative contributions from both Chris & Johnny on the subject, taken from various interviews given by the two men over the years.
The insights offered by both men, are fascinating. Watched/read in tandem with CTC and the key episodes of the MUF Year 1 story arc…
Breakaway,
Black Sun,
Another Time, Another Place,
Collision Course,
Dragon’s Domain &
The Testament of Arkadia…one cannot fail to be convinced of the genius behind the concepts presented by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson’s supreme science fiction odyssey. Left in the hands of Powys Media, I firmly believe that the series has finally, in literary form, fulfilled the awesome potential & promise present in so many episodes of the TV series.
Here’s to the continuation of [b]SPACE: 1999 [/b] and to future releases B)
Steve F. wrote:
“Left in the hands of Powys Media, I firmly believe that the series [Space: 1999] has finally, in literary form, fulfilled the awesome potential & promise present in so many episodes of the TV series.”
Can we quote you on that?? That is high praise, and we thank you for it!
Seconded here Mateo. Sorry for that lack of posts lately, we’re have problems down here with floods at the moment. They’re a little distracting…
[b]mateo wrote:[/b]
[quote]Can we quote you on that?? That is high praise, and we thank you for it![/quote]Sure you can. Not sure how you’d describe me though…
“Steve Foster, England, UK – SPACE: 1999 Fan that nobody’s ever heard of.” perhaps? :dry: :laugh:
Is this the thread for CTC… ?? I’m actually in a bit of a daze at the moment :silly: :side: 😆
I’ve just this minute finished reading it for the second time ( I read it the initially whilst skiing over the New Year holiday and I have to admit didn’t really do it justice at the time).
My conclusion…It’s fascinating and absorbing and mindblowing to say the very least !!
Mateo and BL – I already knew that a lot of time and effort had gone into creating the Powys books but I had no real appreciation of quite how much !!!!!
CTC is like every other thing in the powysverse – constructed and written with such skill and on so many levels that it’s easy to loose yourself within it. I wasn’t expecting that from a non-fiction book. I wasn’t expecting it to be so indepth. You can’t read it without getting involved…well I didn’t seem able to anyway !! I’ve been looking things up and doing web searches and I even found myself making notes the other day ( maybe I’m taking it a little to seriously – who knows ) but this evening I managed to finish it for the second time and I can have to say again that I’ve found myself in awe of what Powys has managed to achieve.
…oh…and did I mention that it also made me laugh…not sure if it was supposed to…but it did :laugh: 😆 BL – you can be very funny at times…
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