Este autor se hizo famoso por su singular estilo de fantasía lógica, una marca que imprimió en obras perdurables. Sus narrativas profundizan en la psique humana, explorando cómo los individuos y la sociedad lidian con amenazas inesperadas y circunstancias extrañas. Con un dominio magistral del suspense y la atmósfera, presenta visiones del futuro inquietantemente plausibles que invitan a la reflexión y dejan una impresión duradera. Sus escritos siguen siendo relevantes por su examen de las respuestas humanas fundamentales ante lo inexplicable.
Los trífidos son plantas grotescas y peligrosas, cultivadas originalmente por su valioso aceite. Mientras lo permiten las condiciones del mundo esas plantas son económicamente útiles. Pero un desastre universal y repentino destruye esas condiciones y los trífidos se transforman en una terrible y activa amenaza para el hombre.
Frighteningly real, completely believable, here are six stories of people who find themselves suddenly living in another year of their own lives. With the casual ease of a master writer, John Wyndham gives flesh and substance to that strange moment when the bottom suddenly drops out from under us and we meet ourselves in the future or the past—ourselves as we will be, or might have been.Includes:Consider Her WaysOddHow Do I DoStitch in TimeRandom QuestTime Out
An introduction and five early stories by this classic SF writer originally published in the 1930's under the name John Beynon Harris. The title story plus Derelict of Space, Child of Power, The Last Lunarians and The Puff-ball Menace.
Set in a post-apocalyptic future after a global nuclear war, the story follows David, a young boy in a community of religious and genetic fundamentalists. This society is vigilant against any deviations from what they consider God's creation, labeling them as 'offenses' or 'blasphemies.' Offenses include unusual plants and animals, which are publicly destroyed amid hymns, while blasphemies refer to humans with any abnormal traits, who are exiled to the wild. David grows up under strict admonitions to maintain purity and watch for mutants. Initially, he accepts these beliefs without question, though he is disturbed when his devout parents force his aunt to abandon her baby. Over time, he discovers that he himself possesses a unique ability, placing him at risk of death or opening the door to a new world of freedom. This narrative serves as a philosophical exploration, resonating with contemporary issues of genetic and religious extremism, and remains relevant since its creation during the Cold War. The work is a classic of science fiction, intricately designed and thought-provoking.
The study of men and masculinities incorporates some of the key debates in the social sciences today, particularly within cultural and media studies, and gender studies. This book explores the socio-historical and cultural formation, enactment and representation of masculinities in a range of sites. schovat popis
Matthew, they thought, was just going through a phase of talking to himself. And, like many parents, they waited for him to get over it, but it started to get worse. Then Matthew started doing things he couldn't do before, like counting in binary-code mathematics. So he told them about Chocky - the person who lived in his head.
For the ten short stories collected here, John Wyndham turns his imagination to, among other subjects, body-snatching, time-travel and mind-travel, and the the tricky business of interplanetary colonization.
The children of Midwich are all blond, golden-eyed, grow up too fast, and were all conceived on a night when a silver object appeared and the Midwich inhabitants fell unconscious. Now the children are exhibiting frightening abilities that bring them into conflict with the other villagers.
The future as an Amazonian ant's-nest, a single-sex totalitarian nightmare...the curious consequences of an out-of-body experience...how Hollywood turned an Irish Rose into a plastic bloom...a scientific experiment that changes the course of history - or merely confirms it...the search for a love that is not just lost, but has never ever been...a Satanic salesman's struggles with a quick-witted mortal...
Ships are sinking for no apparent reason, carrying hundreds to a dark underwater grave. Strange fireballs race through the sky above the deepest trenches of the oceans. Something is about to show itself, something terrible and alien, a force capable of causing global catastrophe.
