Aeronautical engineer and novelist Nevil Shute was born today in Ealing in 1899. His works include the apocalyptic On the Beach (1957); his prophetic warning about the dangers of metal fatigue in planes, No Highway (1948; film 1951); and the World War II-era love story A Town Like Alice (1950), made into a solid miniseries with Helen Morse and Bryan Brown.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Happy birthday, Nevil Shute.
Aeronautical engineer and novelist Nevil Shute was born today in Ealing in 1899. His works include the apocalyptic On the Beach (1957); his prophetic warning about the dangers of metal fatigue in planes, No Highway (1948; film 1951); and the World War II-era love story A Town Like Alice (1950), made into a solid miniseries with Helen Morse and Bryan Brown.
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