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The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction
It started with fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans' deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously and later 'sea tanks' emerged from the deeps to claim people. For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what at first appears to be a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helples ...Show more
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
Category: Classics | Series: S.F. Masterworks
In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone and everyone awakens unharmed - except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant. The resultant children of Midwich do not belon ...Show more
The Outward Urge by John Wyndham
Category: Classics | Series: Golden Age Masterworks Ser.
The 'outward urge' was a factor in the Troon inheritance. Successive generations of Troons, looking up at the stars, heard the siren voices that called them out into Space. And, as the frontiers of Space receded, there was usually one Troon, if not more, out there, helping to push them back.In an age in ...Show more
The Seeds of Time: Classic Science Fiction by John Wyndham, John Wyndham
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction
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 Chronoclas ...Show more
Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham
Category: Classics
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 th ...Show more