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The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Category: Classic | Series: Penguin Decades
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of st ...Show more
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realize that his own son, his niece Rosalind and their friends, have their own secret aberration which would label them as mutants. But as David and Rosalind grow older ...Show more
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Category: Classics | Series: New York Review Books Classics
"The Chyrsalids "is set in the future after a devastating global nuclear war. David, the young hero of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, always on the alert for any deviation from the norm of God's creation. Abnormal plants are publicly burned, with muc ...Show more
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials Ser.
'WATCH THOU FOR THE MUTANT ' It is many years since God sent the Tribulation to punish the forebears for their sins, and in the rural settlement of Waknuk David Strorm's father decries any and all blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that David and his cousin Rosalind, have their own secre ...Show more
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Category: Classic Fiction
Takes reader into the heart of a community where the chances of breeding true are less than fifty percent and where deviations are rooted out and destroyed as abominations.
The Chrysalids (Popular Penguins) by John Wyndham
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
The Chyrsalids is set in the future after a devastating global nuclear war. David, the young hero of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, always on the alert for any deviation from the norm of God's creation. Abnormal plants are publicly burned, with much ...Show more
The Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Bill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen. Removing his bandages the next morning, he finds masses of sightless people wandering the city. He soon meets Josella, another lucky person who has retained her sight, and together they leave ...Show more
The Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel <i>The Day of the Triffids</i> to moderate acclaim. Nearly seventy years later, this horrifying story is a science fiction classic, touted by <i>The Times</i> (London) as having “all the reality of a vividly realized nightmare.” Bill Mas ...Show more
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Series: Modern Library Classics
The classic scifi alien invasion novel tells the suspenseful tale of the Triffid attack on Earth, which wreaks havoc across the planet as a grotesque form of plant life, harmful to humankind, terrorizes human civilization. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Category: Science Fiction
Bill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen. Removing his bandages the next morning, he finds masses of sightless people wandering the city. He soon meets Josella, another lucky person who has retained her sight, and together they leave ...Show more