![]() ![]() ![]() The Darkest of Nights is an outstanding apocalypse novel and, to my mind, the definitive plague novel. It is a book that retains many excellent pulp credentials despite, or perhaps because of, its premise. The former is a rather quaint disaster novel in which nuclear tests cause the earth's oceans to drain away into Atlantic and Pacific fissures, leading to ecological disaster and societal collapse. Unfortunately, Soames stars the insufferably 60s Terence Stamp, so I doubt I will ever get around to watching it.Ä«etween 19 Maine turned out two major apocalypse novels - The Tide Went Out and The Darkest of Nights. Several of his books were filmed, most famously The Mind of Mr Soames in 1970, an attempt perhaps to cash in on the success of Charly. Although now sadly forgotten, Charles Eric Maine was one of the most successful British sf novelists of his time. ![]()
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