Kukly - John Wyndham

Kukly - John Wyndham

Před mnoha lety Zemi postihlo Utrpení. Malá komunita ve vesnici Waknuk na ostrově Labrador jej bere jako boží trest a snaží se ze svého života důsledně vymýtit vše, co se nějakým způsobem vymyká normálu, božímu obrazu – odlišné rostliny, zvířata, děti… Když David

Chrysalids (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Deň trifidov - John Wyndham

Secret People (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Stowaway to Mars (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Midwich Cuckoos - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Day of the Triffids (Wyndham John)(Pevná vazba)

A stunning new clothbound edition of one of the most famous science-fiction novels of the twentieth century, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith.When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that

Hidden Wyndham - Life, Love, Letters (Binns Amy)(Paperback / softback)

John Wyndham redefined science fiction with dystopian classics The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos. In Hidden Wyndham, Amy Binns reveals the woman who was the inspiration for his strong-minded heroines. Their secret love affair sustained this gentle and desperately shy man through

Consider Her Ways - And Others (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a collection of author's short

Trouble with Lichen - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

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

Day of the Triffids (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 'When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.' When a freak

Day of the Triffids (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see. This title expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and

Chrysalids (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that his own son, and his son's cousin Rosalind and their friends, have their own secret abberation which would label them as

Den trifidů - John Wyndham

Je den trifidů soumrakem lidstva? Ten zážitek si málokdo na světě chtěl nechat ujít. Tajemné zelené záblesky, snad až odkudsi z hlubin vesmíru, šlehaly oblohou, celou noc trvala ta ohromující podívaná. Pro drtivou většinu lidstva to byla poslední věc, kterou viděla

Deň trifidov - John Wyndham - e-kniha

eBook:,Biológ Bill Masen je po operácií očí a ako jeden z mála ľudí na svete si nemôže pozrieť zvláštny meteorický roj. Všetci, ktorí toto vesmírne divadlo videli, však oslepli. Bezpečný a známy svet, ktorý Bill poznal len pred dvadsiatimi štyrmi hodinami, je navždy preč

Chocky (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

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

Den trifidů - John Wyndham - e-kniha

eBook: Ten zážitek si málokdo na světě chtěl nechat ujít. Tajemné zelené záblesky, snad až odkudsi z hlubin vesmíru, šlehaly oblohou, celou noc trvala ta ohromující podívaná. | Pro drtivou většinu lidstva to byla poslední věc, kterou viděla. Nadpozemský jev většinu zemské

Kraken Wakes - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

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. This book narrates how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction and, ultimately, asks what we

Seeds of Time - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

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

Plan for Chaos - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

In a city that could well be New York, a series of identical women are found dead in suspicious circumstances. Magazine photographer Johnny Farthing, who is reporting on the suspected murders, is chilled to discover that his fiancee looks identical to the victims too - and then she

Day of the Triffids (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

When a cosmic event renders most of the Earth's population blind, Bill Masen is one of the lucky few to retain his sight. But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike. With nobody to stop their spread the Triffids, mobile plants with stingers and carnivorous appetites, seem set to take

Rising Man - Wyndham and Banerjee Book 1 (Mukherjee Abir)(Paperback / softback)

India, 1919. Desperate for a fresh start, Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta's police force. He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder. The victim was a senior official, and a note in his mouth warns the British to leave India - or

Chrysalids (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

A powerful post-apocalyptic allegory of persecution and intolerance, the Penguin Modern Classics edition of John Wyndham's science fiction masterpiece The Day of the Triffids contains an introduction by M. John Harrison. Nuclear war has devastated the world, bringing with it a host of genetic

Counterblasting Canada: Marshall McLuhan, Wyndham Lewis, Wilfred Watson, and Sheila Watson (Betts Gregory)(Paperback)

In 1914, Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound--the founders of vorticism--undertook an unprecedented analysis of the present, its technologies, communication, politics, and architecture. The essays in Counterblasting Canada trace the influence of vorticism on Marshall McLuhan and Canadian Modernism