{"id":5395,"date":"2024-06-19T19:52:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5395"},"modified":"2024-06-19T19:52:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:52:27","slug":"strangers-in-space-podcast-considers-peter-hills-survivors-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2024\/06\/19\/strangers-in-space-podcast-considers-peter-hills-survivors-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"Strangers in Space podcast considers Peter Hill&#8217;s Survivors novels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/strangers_in_space_peter_hill_june_2024.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" data-attachment-id=\"5396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2024\/06\/19\/strangers-in-space-podcast-considers-peter-hills-survivors-novels\/strangers_in_space_peter_hill_june_2024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/strangers_in_space_peter_hill_june_2024.jpeg?fit=680%2C680&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"680,680\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"strangers_in_space_peter_hill_june_2024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/strangers_in_space_peter_hill_june_2024.jpeg?fit=680%2C680&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/strangers_in_space_peter_hill_june_2024.jpeg?resize=680%2C680&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/strangers_in_space_peter_hill_june_2024.jpeg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/strangers_in_space_peter_hill_june_2024.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/strangers_in_space_peter_hill_june_2024.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE LATEST EDITION of the <em>Strangers in Space <\/em>podcast turns its critical attention to <em>Survivors: Genesis of a Hero <\/em>and <em>Survivors: Salvation<\/em> &#8211; the two novels written (decades apart) by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/a-world-away\/interview_with_author_peter_hill.php\">author Peter Hill<\/a> under the pen-name John Eyers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The episode also sets the scene by discussing Terry Nation&#8217;s <em>Survivors<\/em> novel &#8211; which Hill&#8217;s first novel is a direct sequel to.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The podcast had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2023\/10\/31\/strangers-in-space-podcast-considers-survivors\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5120\">previously scrutinised<\/a> the original <em>Survivors <\/em>television series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We&#8217;ve talked about the original 1970s [Survivors] TV series and its shorter lived 2000s revival, but in this podcast we&#8217;re turning our attention to the stories that were too hot for TV &#8211; but spoiler warning, Terry Nation&#8217;s 1976 novelisation includes twists you might want to discover for yourself, that we can&#8217;t avoid bringing up before we discuss John Eyers&#8217; two spin-off books <em>Genesis of a Hero<\/em> and <em>Salvation<\/em>. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jim Cameron and Dylan Rees<\/p>\n<cite>Strangers in Space<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strangers in Space. 2024. Book Club 03 &#8211; Survivors. 19 June.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/strangersinspace.libsyn.com\/book-club-03-survivors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/strangersinspace.libsyn.com\/tv-club-60-survivors-1975-77<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE LATEST EDITION of the Strangers in Space podcast turns its critical attention to Survivors: Genesis of a Hero and Survivors: Salvation &#8211; the two novels written (decades apart) by author Peter Hill under the pen-name John Eyers. The episode also sets the scene by discussing Terry Nation&#8217;s Survivors novel &#8211; which Hill&#8217;s first novel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2024\/06\/19\/strangers-in-space-podcast-considers-peter-hills-survivors-novels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Strangers in Space podcast considers Peter Hill&#8217;s Survivors novels&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-post-apocalyptic-literature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-1p1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5395"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5402,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5395\/revisions\/5402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}