John Wyndham

Efter et globalt meteorfænomen vågner Bill Masen op til en verden i kaos. De fleste mennesker er blevet blinde, og civilisationen bryder sammen. Samtidig bryder triffiderne løs – genetisk modificerede planter, skabt af mennesket selv, men nu ude af kontrol. De er dødelige, intelligente og pludselig øverst i fødekæden. Men midt i mørket vokser noget andet frem: fællesskaber, modstandskraft og håbet om en ny begyndelse. Triffidernes dag er ikke blot en post­apokalyptisk thriller, men også en fortælling om, hvordan mennesker – i en ødelagt verden – kan lære at leve i respekt for naturen og hinanden. Siden sin udgivelse i 1951 har Triffidernes dag begejstret læsere og kritikere verden over. Romanen er blevet læst som både økofabel, samfundskritik og en forudseende kommentar til menneskets manipulation af naturen. Bogen, der er blevet filmatiseret adskillige gange, fremstår i dag som et hovedværk inden for science fiction-genren – og er en stadig mere relevant påmindelse om, at overlevelse handler om mere end teknologi og magt. John Wyndham (1903–1969) var en britisk forfatter, bedst kendt for sine tankevækkende science fiction-romaner, hvor menneskelige samfund udfordres af naturkræfter, mutationer eller teknologiske eksperimenter. Han skrev under flere pseudonymer, men slog igennem under navnet John Wyndham med Triffidernes dag i 1951.

Sixteen classic stories that are bound to get under your skin, perfect for fans of cozy horror--from the brilliant mind of John Wyndham, whom Stephen King called "the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced." (Previously published as Jizzle, and now featuring a bonus novella)John Wyndham was one of the twentieth century's most talented--and neglected--science fiction and horror writers. He was a master of marrying the extraordinary with the banal. His thought-provoking and eerily prescient writing took everyday situations and added a touch of the bizarre to challenge the way readers saw the world around them. In these stories, a man on his deathbed is given the opportunity to relive his life; a Welsh couple receives a mysterious egg from their son who is traveling abroad; a woman writes a novel based on her vivid dreams and discovers she isn't the only one experiencing them; a scientist seeks to create "the perfect creature"; a London commuter train becomes more and more packed, seemingly headed straight to hell . . . and more For the first time, this collection now includes Wyndham's classic murder mystery novella, The Curse of the Burdens, showcasing his mastery of multiple genres.

Pokolenie za pokoleniem predstaviteli semi Trunov ustremljajut vzor v nebesa, ocharovannye peniem zvezdnykh siren, i gotovy riskovat zhiznju, snova i snova razdvigaja granitsy prostranstva. Prokhodjat sotni let, menjajutsja strany i pravitelstva, no zhazhda znanij i avantjurizm chelovechestva neistrebimy. Luna, Mars, Venera, Pojas asteroidov. Chto dalshe?.. Perevodchik: Korchagin G.

A rediscovered, outstandingly prescient crime novel written in the lead-up to World War II, 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.""Genuinely creepy . . . Wyndham really was a terrific storyteller."--Jo Walton England, 1935: Phyllida Shiffer's marriage has just ended in divorce. She heads home, expecting to be welcomed with open arms by her father, a brilliant (if slightly distracted) scientist. But her father's house is locked up; he is nowhere to be found; and there are suspicious men who seem to think that Phyllida herself might hold the key to her father's latest scientific discovery. . . .

"Den triffodov"Odnazhdy, vechernej poroj, zhiteli Londona s interesom nabljudali neobychnoe javlenie - zelenyj zvezdnyj dozhd, ozarivshij vse nebo. Nautro svideteli zagadochnogo javlenija prosnulis slepymi, a vskore stalo jasno, chto zrenija lishilos pochti vse naselenie Zemli. V mire grjadut bolshie peremeny. Te nemnogie, kto sumel sokhranit zrenie, poluchajut pochti bezgranichnuju vlast i dostup k nakoplennym chelovechestvom resursam. No beda, kak izvestno, ne prikhodit odna - i v dejstvie vstupaet tretja sila: triffidy, razumnye khischnye rastenija, sposobnye peredvigatsja i okhotitsja na ljudej. Slozhnaja sistema bezopasnosti, sozdannaja dlja sderzhivanija ochen tsennykh, no chrezvychajno opasnykh rastenij, daet sboj, i triffidy vyryvajutsja na svobodu... "Kukolki"Kniga, kotoraja proizvela na ljubitelej fantastiki SSSR oglushitelnoe vpechatlenie; mnogie vserez schitali, chto roman napisali bratja Strugatskie. Bolee togo - po rukam khodil ljubopytnyj samizdatovskij "perevod" pod nazvaniem "Khristoljudi", v kotorom v tekst Uindema byli vstavleny tsitaty, zaimstvovanija i otsylki k proizvedenijam Strugatskikh. Odno iz luchshikh antiutopicheskiikh proizvedenij NF XX veka!" Otklonenijam ot normy" net mesta v selenijakh novykh puritan - potomkov nemnogikh, kto vyzhil v jadernoj katastrofe, postigshej chelovechestvo. Detenyshej zhivotnykh, obnaruzhivshikh malejshie priznaki mutatsii, unichtozhajut. S chelovecheskimi mladentsami obkhodjatsja "miloserdnee" - ikh prosto sterilizujut i vyshvyrivajut v dikie dzhungli, na milost prochikh prozjabajuschikh tam odichavshikh mutantov. No vse li "otklonenija" mogut raspoznat besposchadnye sudi-propovedniki i ikh fanatichnaja pastva? Nezametno dlja nikh podrastajut deti, obladajuschie moschnym paranormalnym darom...

Vozmozhno li predstavit sebe schastlivyj i garmonichnyj mir, v kotorom suschestvuet tolko odin gender? V rezultate riskovannogo eksperimenta Dzhejn Uoterlej peremeschaetsja vo vremeni, popadaja v obschestvo, ne znajuschee muzhchin... V sbornik takzhe voshli udivitelnye istorii o robotakh i illjuzijakh, o ljubvi i inoplanetjanakh, o svobode i probleme vybora.

A space opera set on Mars 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." What if alien life-forms included autonomous, conscious machines? An international prize is offered to the first man to complete an interplanetary journey. For British pilot Dale Curtance, it is the ultimate challenge; he must build a ship, assemble a top-notch crew, and beat the Russians and the Americans, too. Soon the Gloria Mundi heads for Mars. There's only one problem: a stowaway named Joan Shirning. At first, the men resent Joan's presence. But they come to realize that she is the only one who has firsthand knowledge of the Martians--or at least the intelligent beings that will one day replace them. . . .

A "sharp, amusing story" (The Guardian) about the fountain of youth and its implications for women's rights, 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." "It was a genius move for John Wyndham to center an age-slowing narrative on women, who are still today pressured to remain youthful-looking forever, or succumb to social invisibility. . . . Wyndham was uniquely gifted at skewering humankind's foibles while maintaining a shred of hope that our better angels would prevail."--Kate Folk, from the introduction What if humans discovered the secret to prolonged life? Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two biochemists investigating a rare lichen, separately discover that it has a remarkable property: It slows the aging process almost to a halt. Francis, realizing the horrifying implications of an ever-youthful wealthy elite, decides to keep his findings a secret. But the younger and more daring Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo and free women from the career-versus-children binary--in short, a chance to remake the world.

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. . . .

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 NOW STREAMING ON AMC AS THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS: VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED 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?

The influential masterpiece of 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."--now in development as a miniseries directed by Johan Renck. " Wyndham] avoids easy allegories and instead questions the relative values of the civilisation that has been lost, the literally blind terror of humanity in the face of dominant nature. . . . Frightening and powerful, Wyndham's vision remains an important allegory and a gripping story."--The Guardian What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind--and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants? Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he quickly realizes that surviving in this strange new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids--plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers.

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 which what goes up need not necessarily come down, the likely adventures of the Conquistadors of Space are every bit as exciting as any world menaced by triffids. This coming-of-age classic from the author of The Midwich Cuckoos shows Wyndham's mastery across genres.

'Absolutely and completely brilliant... The Chrysalids is a top-notch piece of sci-fi that should be enjoyed for generations yet to come' - The Ottawa CitizenNuclear war has transformed life on Earth. Genetic mutation has become a fact of life and religious fundamentalism has taken hold of society. Deviation from what is 'normal' is punished unforgivingly. David Strom and his cousin Rosalind are mutants. As they grow up, it becomes harder to conceal their differences from their parents and their community. At the same time, David discovers that he possesses extraordinary powers - and the ability to change the world for the better. Soon he will have to choose between admitting his mutation to the intolerant village elders, or venturing out into the terrifying Badlands... John Wyndham's disturbing dystopia is a heart-wrenching tale of xenophobia and bigotry in a world ravaged by war. Powerful and profound, The Chrysalids is a masterpiece of science fiction and its insights remain as relevant today as when it was first published

... Odnazhdy v jasnuju sentjabrskuju noch obitatelej tipichnoj anglijskoj tikhoj derevushki Midvich nakryla strannaja polusfera, kotoraja proderzhalas nad neju okolo sutok. Ptitsy padali s neba zamertvo, a ljudi pogruzilis v sonnoe zabyte. A spustja paru mesjatsev, kogda vse uzhe nachali zabyvat o zagadochnom proisshestvii, vdrug vyjasnilos, chto vse zhenschiny detorodnogo vozrasta v derevne beremenny. Dazhe nezamuzhnie, vdovy i devstvennitsy. I v polozhennyj srok rodilis strannye zolotoglazye deti, udivitelno pokhozhie drug na druga... Deti, sposobnye siloj vzgljada podchinjat svoej vole... ... Odnazhdy u Metju, zhivuschego s priemnymi, no ljubjaschimi roditeljami, pojavljaetsja drug. Voobrazhaemyj drug, kak chasto byvaet u malenkikh detej. Vo vsjakom sluchae, tak im kazhetsja ponachalu... Tysjachi mirov, podobnykh nashemu, lezhat sovsem rjadom, otdelennye lish tonchajshej prostranstvenno-vremennoj granitsej. I esli peresech etu granitsu, vozmozhno vse:- najti svoju istinnuju ljubov;- povstrechat cheloveka, poterjannogo mnogo let nazad;- poluchit shans povernut vremja vspjat i ispravit rokovuju oshibku;- k svoej nemaloj vygode dogovoritsja s demonom;- obresti uchitelja i druga, kotoryj priotkroet pered toboj tajny vselennoj!

2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the organisation Sharing of Ministries Abroad (SOMA). To mark the 40th anniversary, John Wyndham has written a history of SOMA from its humble beginnings through to the worldwide organisation it is today. SOMA's mandate - to take care of the nervous system of the church - has seen it flourish and spread, supporting and encouraging the Anglican Communion. This is SOMA's story.

Tysjachi mirov, podobnykh nashemu, lezhat sovsem rjadom, otdelennye lish tonchajshej prostranstvenno-vremennoj granitsej. I esli peresech etu granitsu, vozmozhno vse:-najti svoju istinnuju ljubov;-povstrechat cheloveka, poterjannogo mnogo let nazad;-poluchit shans povernut vremja vspjat i ispravit rokovuju oshibku;-k svoej nemaloj vygode dogovoritsja s demonom;-obresti uchitelja i druga, kotoryj priotkroet pered toboj tajny vselennoj! Chitajte uvlekatelnyj "putevoditel" Dzhona Uindema po labirintam mirov!

'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 secret aberration which would label them as mutants. But as they grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their differences from the village elders. Soon they face a choice: wait for eventual discovery, or flee to the terrifying and mutable Badlands. . .'An outstanding success' New York Times