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The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
22.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, 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 cosmic event renders most of the Earth's populat ...Show more
The Day of the Triffids: Popular Penguins by John Wyndham
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Category: Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: good
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 Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
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Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror | Reading Level: very good
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. For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what at first appears to be a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helples ...Show more
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
19.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror | Reading Level: very good
John Wyndham's 1957 book The Midwich Cuckoos is better known by the more sensational title of its two film adaptations, Village of the Damned. The story begins with Richard and Janet Gayford who have spent the night of September 26 in London, returning to their home in Midwich the following day. Then, ...Show more
The Seeds of Time: Classic Science Fiction by John Wyndham, John Wyndham
27.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
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 more than meets the eye. In Chronoclas ...Show more
Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham
29.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
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 overturn th ...Show more