Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : OCLC:1152733389
The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham
The Midwich Cuckoos
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Plan for Chaos
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593445716
Plan for Chaos by John Wyndham Pdf
A wild ride from one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant—and neglected—science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.” What if the defeated Nazis had a plan to clone their master race and cause nuclear war? Johnny Farthing is your average photojournalist until his fiancée goes missing and women who look suspiciously, uncannily similar to her start turning up dead. As Johnny descends a rabbit hole of doppelgängers, mysterious American senators, and eerie bureaucracies, it becomes clear that these peculiar similarities are part of far bigger and deadlier plans—and that the fate of the world just might be at stake.
The Seeds of Time
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241971079
The Seeds of Time by John Wyndham Pdf
In this thrilling collection of stories, John Wyndham, author of the acclaimed classics The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos, conducts ten experiments along the theme of 'I wonder what might happen if . . .' There's the story of the meteor, which holds much more than meets the eye. In Chronoclasm a man is pursued by his own future. We meet a robot with an overactive compassion circuit. And what happens when the citizens of the future turn the past into a giant theme park? 'One of the few authors whose compulsive readability is a compliment to the intelligence' Spectator
Trouble with Lichen
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141920849
Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham Pdf
Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of an ever-youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution. As each scientist wrestles with the implications and practicalities of exploiting the discovery, the world comes ever closer to learning the truth . . . Trouble With Lichen is a scintillating story of the power wielded by science in our lives and asks how much trust should we place in those we appoint to be its guardians?
Chocky
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141964720
Chocky by John Wyndham Pdf
Matthew's parents are worried. At eleven, he's much too old to have an imaginary friend, yet they find him talking to and arguing with a presence that even he admits is not physically there. This presence - Chocky - causes Matthew to ask difficult questions and say startling things: he speaks of complex mathematics and mocks human progress. Then, when Matthew does something incredible, it seems there is more than the imaginary about Chocky. Which is when others become interested and ask questions of their own: who is Chocky? And what could it want with an eleven-year-old boy?
The Kraken Wakes
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593450116
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham Pdf
An “ingenious, horrifying” (The Guardian) first contact story by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant—and neglected—science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.” “Few books capture the obscure, elliptical way that threats move from the background to the foreground of reality like The Kraken Wakes. . . . Feels all too familiar in today’s age of anti-vaxxer disinformation and QAnon conspiracists.” —Alexandra Kleeman, from the Introduction What if aliens invaded and colonized Earth’s oceans rather than its land? Britain, 1953: It begins with red dots appearing across the sky and crashing to the oceans’ deeps. At first, many people believe that these aliens are interested in only what’s down below. But when the polar ice-caps begin to melt, it becomes clear that these beings are not interested in sharing the Earth and that humankind might just be on the brink of extinction. . . .
The Chrysalids
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547195344
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham Pdf
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Chrysalids" by John Wyndham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Chocky
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Chocky by John Wyndham Pdf
David Gore becomes concerned that his twelve-year-old son, Matthew, is too old to have an imaginary friend. His concerns deepen as Matthew becomes increasingly distressed and blames it on arguments with this unseen companion, whom he calls "Chocky". As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that the friend is far from imaginary, but is an alien consciousness communicating with Matthew's mind—a fact that is of interest to shadowy government forces.
The Fallen Children
David Owen
Author : David Owen
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780349002682
The Fallen Children by David Owen Pdf
One cover. 360 different colours. Which one will you get? 'A powerful and disturbing new take on an original classic' Tim Bowler, author of Carnegie Medal-winner River Boy 'I loved this book . . . Pacy, gripping, intriguing [and] poignant' Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire and Radio Silence Young people on the Midwich Estate don't have much hope for their futures. Keisha has lived there her whole life, and has been working hard to escape it; others have just accepted their lot. But change is coming . . . One night, everyone inside Midwich Tower falls mysteriously unconscious in one inexplicable 'Nightout'. No one can explain what happened during those lost hours, but soon afterwards Keisha and three other girls find they're pregnant - and the babies are growing at an alarming rate. As the news spreads around the tower, its residents turns against them and the situation spirals toward violence. Keisha's life unravels as she realises that the pregnancy may not have just ruined her hopes for the future: she might be mother to the end of the world. The Fallen Children is a story of violation, of judgment and of young people who must fight to defy what is expected of them. The Fallen Children has one cover design but 360 different colourways. Each one is numbered from 1 to 360 on the spine. The colour you receive will be completely random. 'THE FALLEN CHILDREN is ATTACK THE BLOCK meets VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED and feels like the London I know. It's very cool' - Juno Dawson 'An ingenious twist on a classic. Surprisingly tender and moving, completely convincing and gripping' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'Read THE FALLEN CHILDREN if you'd like less middle-class kidlit, allegorical commentary on society and teens, and dead good books' - Non Pratt
The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795312113
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Pdf
The classic postapocalyptic thriller with “all the reality of a vividly realized nightmare” (The Times, London). Triffids are odd, interesting little plants that grow in everyone’s garden. Triffids are no more than mere curiosities—until an event occurs that alters human life forever. What seems to be a spectacular meteor shower turns into a bizarre, green inferno that blinds everyone and renders humankind helpless. What follows is even stranger: spores from the inferno cause the triffids to suddenly take on a life of their own. They become large, crawling vegetation, with the ability to uproot and roam about the country, attacking humans and inflicting pain and agony. William Masen somehow managed to escape being blinded in the inferno, and now after leaving the hospital, he is one of the few survivors who can see. And he may be the only one who can save his species from chaos and eventual extinction . . . With more than a million copies sold, The Day of the Triffids is a landmark of speculative fiction, and “an outstanding and entertaining novel” (Library Journal). “A thoroughly English apocalypse, it rivals H. G. Wells in conveying how the everyday invaded by the alien would feel. No wonder Stephen King admires Wyndham so much.” —Ramsey Campbell, author of The Overnight “One of my all-time favorite novels. It’s absolutely convincing, full of little telling details, and that sweet, warm sensation of horror and mystery.” —Joe R. Lansdale, author of Edge of Dark Water
The Black Cloud
Fred Hoyle
Author : Fred Hoyle
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141967493
The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle Pdf
A 1959 classic 'hard' science-fiction novel by renowned Cambridge astronomer and cosmologist Fred Hoyle. Tracks the progress of a giant black cloud that comes towards Earth and sits in front of the sun, causing widespread panic and death. A select group of scientists and astronomers - including the dignified Astronomer Royal, the pipe smoking Dr Marlowe and the maverick, eccentric Professor Kingsly - engage in a mad race to understand and communicate with the cloud, battling against trigger happy politicians. In the pacy, engaging style of John Wyndham and John Christopher, with plenty of hard science thrown in to add to the chillingly credible premise (he manages to foretell Artificial Intelligence, Optical Character Recognition and Text-to-Speech converters), Hoyle carries you breathlessly through to its thrilling end.
Wanderers of Time
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667601939
Wanderers of Time by John Wyndham Pdf
Will humanity always be the dominant species on Earth? Or will our kind disappear entirely, allowing another form of life to reign supreme? Will there be a desperate struggle, or will there be a mass extinction of all life—except bacteria? John Wyndham has some very definite ideas on this subject, and in this story he takes us into the future some thousands of years to show us the end of all of our hopes, our ambitions, and our scientific and technocratic planning.
The Book of Stolen Dreams
David Farr
Author : David Farr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781665922586
The Book of Stolen Dreams by David Farr Pdf
Originally published: London: Usborne Publishing Ltd, 2021.
The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Evans Brothers
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0237526891
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham Pdf
Classic science fiction. Midwich is a quiet English village. After a strange night, all the women find themselves pregnant. 10 yrs+
The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593450130
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham Pdf
A genre-defining tale of first contact by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant—and neglected—science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.” “In my opinion, [John] Wyndham’s chef d’oeuvre . . . a graphic metaphor for the fear of unwanted pregnancies . . . I myself had a dream about a highly intelligent nonhuman baby after reading this book.”—Margaret Atwood, Slate What if the women of a sleepy English village all became simultaneously pregnant, and the children, once born, possessed supernatural—and possibly alien—powers? A mysterious silver object appears in quiet, picture-perfect Midwich. A day later, the object is gone—and all the women in the village, they will come to learn, are now pregnant. The resultant children of Midwich are shockingly, frighteningly other. Faced with these unfathomable and potentially unstoppable children, the question arises: What will humanity do when faced with the threat of the unknown?