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Écrivain britannique, John Wyndham (1903-1969) rencontre le succès dans les années 1950 avec un chef-d’œuvre de la science-fiction postapocalyptique, Le jour des Triffides.
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Sleepers of Mars

John Wyndham


Gateway

2022-10-11

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Stories from the darkness of space, and the planets around us . . .This collection of short stories from legendary author John Wyndham takes us around the planets around Earth and the civilisations which might exist there. Is it as simple as Us vs...

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Télécharger le livre :  Jizzle
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A collection of short stories from the master author of THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS and THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS.Giselle is a very talented monkey, although she goes by the name Jizzle. She can draw incredible portraits, as lifelike as can be. But Jizzle isn't just a camera....

Editeur : Gateway
Parution : 2022-09-20

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Télécharger le livre :  The Wanderers of Time
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A collection of science fiction short stories from the master author of THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS and THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS.In 1941, Roy Sabre's girlfriend Betty mysteriously disappears. Ten years later he has constructed a time-machine and his first trip is to go back to...

Editeur : Gateway
Parution : 2022-09-13

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Télécharger le livre :  The Outward Urge
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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,...

Editeur : Gateway
Parution : 2021-08-05
Collection : Golden Age Masterworks
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Télécharger le livre :  The Secret People
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FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1935, THE SECRET PEOPLE WAS JOHN WYNDHAM'SFIRST NOVEL'The Sun Bird was beginning to travel fast, close to the edge of the whirlpool. They could look right down into the hollow of spinning water' While flying over Africa's New Sea, a water project in...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2016-09-29

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Télécharger le livre :  Stowaway to Mars
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'It was a desert. A vista of reddish rocks and drifted sand, arid and hot, extending to the limits of their view. A dreary waste upon which nothing moved or grew . . .'For British pilot Dale Curtance the Keuntz Prize - to be awarded to the first person to take a...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2016-09-29

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Télécharger le livre :  The Seeds of Time
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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...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2014-09-04

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Télécharger le livre :  Consider Her Ways
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The six stories in Consider Her Ways: And Others, the second collecton of John Wyndham's short tales, continue his exploration of the science fiction staple - what if? In the title story we are introduced to a world where all the men have been killed by a virus and...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2014-09-04

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Télécharger le livre :  Plan for Chaos
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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 fiancée looks identical to the victims too -...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2014-03-27

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Télécharger le livre :  The Chrysalids
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FROM THE CLASSIC SCI-FI WRITER AND AUTHOR OF THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS A disturbing post-nuclear apocalypse story of genetic mutation that explores the lengths the intolerant will go to keep themselves pure.David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2010-04-01

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Télécharger le livre :  Chocky
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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...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2010-03-25

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Télécharger le livre :  Chocky
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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...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2009-07-02

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Télécharger le livre :  The Day of the Triffids
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FROM THE CLASSIC SCI-FI WRITER AND AUTHOR OF THE CHRYSTALIDS When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth's population blind, Bill Masen is one of the lucky few to retain his sight. The London he walks is crammed with groups of men and women needing help, some...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2008-09-20

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Télécharger le livre :  The Midwich Cuckoos
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'Exciting, unsettling and technically brilliant' - SpectatorIn 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...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2008-08-07

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Télécharger le livre :  Trouble with Lichen
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FROM THE RENOWNED CLASSIC SCI-FI WRITER AND AUTHOR OF THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS AND THE CHRYSTALIDS'Ingenious' Evening StandardFrancis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2008-08-07

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Télécharger le livre :  The Kraken Wakes
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'Ingenious, horrifying' - GuardianIt 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,...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2008-08-07

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