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'Hilarity ensues when a time traveler arrives with grim news in the luxury bachelor apartment of TV interviewer, Sopwith Hammil: the Sun is about to be turned off. Sopwith can be saved from Earth's big freeze only if he brings his lawfully wedded spouse. Will the charismatic nitwit find a mate in time?'
Source: Gaia to Galaxy.
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Note on history:
Said by some sources to have been an adaptation of Broderick's novel of the same name. However, the publication date of the novel is two years later than the date of the play's broadcast. More research is needed into the relationship between the two works.
Production Details
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Originally broadcast (with byline 'by O'Flaherty Gribbles') on Radio National Stations in October 1986.
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Striped Holes
New York (City)
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Avon Books
,
1988
Z455127
1988
single work
novel
science fiction
'Sopwith Hammil might be the nation's top chat-show host but his peace of mind is shattered when a time traveling bureaucrat lands on his couch. To save his life and the human race (They're turning the Sun off!), Sopwith must find a wife inside three hours. Turns out it's not that easy, Soppy.
'Meanwhile, popular astrologer and certified lifesaver O'Flaherty Gribble, a favorite guest on Sopwith's show, has discovered the Callisto Effect and how to build striped holes. And in a future that makes Nineteen Eighty-Four look like Brave New World or vice versa, beautiful Hsia Shan-Yun is about to have her brain scrubbed for knitting one of those striped holes, with frightful consequences. But luckily, O'Flaherty finds himself seated on a plane next to God. Tighten your belt, it's that kind of novel.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Gateway edition).
