HMS Thunder Child "Star Vikings", shows the influence of the Jeff Wayne image of the ironclad, combined with a 19th-century image of the Martian war machine. Details also appear in the TNE products "Path of Tears" and "Reformation Coalition Equipment Guide". A novel by Nick Pope, concerning the UK's response to UFOs, is named "Operation: Thunder Child". There is an adaptation novel set in the Victorian UK of 1898. It is called, "The Last Days of Thunder Child" by C.A. Powell. HMS Thunder Child HMS "Thunder Child" is a fictional ironclad torpedo ram of the Royal Navy, destroyed by Martian fighting-machines in H.
Sci-Fi Crimes it's their ability to pull off such flippant tales with their characteristic punch that gives Sci-Fi Crimes a humanizing appeal not found on their previous records." Sputnikmusic states "Sci-Fi Crimes is a solid, above-average record, but it is not Chevelle's magnum opus; aside from two or three songs, it has a certain air of familiarity that doesn't warrant the unfounded high praise it has received so far." They also refer to "This Circus" and "Shameful Metaphors" as two of the album's best songs. "USA Today" comments ""Sci-Fi Crimes" scrapes some of the polish off the band's sound. What remains is