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John Wyndham (1903–1969)

Autor(a) de The Day of the Triffids

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Obras por John Wyndham

The Day of the Triffids (1951) 7,405 exemplares
The Chrysalids (1955) 4,722 exemplares
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) 2,931 exemplares
The Kraken Wakes (1953) 1,820 exemplares
Chocky (1968) 1,756 exemplares
Trouble with Lichen (1960) 1,413 exemplares
The Seeds of Time (1941) 964 exemplares
Consider Her Ways and Others (1961) 597 exemplares
Web (1979) 509 exemplares
The Secret People (1935) — Autor; Pseudonym, algumas edições430 exemplares
The Outward Urge (1959) — Autor — 424 exemplares
Stowaway to Mars (1935) — Autor — 387 exemplares
Wanderers of Time [collection] (1933) 291 exemplares
Jizzle (1937) 238 exemplares
Out of the Deeps (1953) 236 exemplares
Sleepers of Mars [collection] (1931) 207 exemplares
Plan for Chaos (2009) 127 exemplares
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter (1956) 89 exemplares
Time Untamed (1967) 83 exemplares
Exiles on Asperus [collection] (1932) 80 exemplares
Selected Works (1980) 66 exemplares
The Infinite Moment (1961) 60 exemplares
The Best of John Wyndham (1973) 59 exemplares
Web [Penguin reader] (1996) 23 exemplares
The Paranoid Fifties (1995) 21 exemplares
The Chrysalids [Penguin Readers] (2000) 17 exemplares
Science-fiction verhalen (1975) 17 exemplares
Foul Play Suspected (1935) 13 exemplares
Consider Her Ways [novella] (1956) 10 exemplares
The Ultimate Freedom (1994) 10 exemplares
Chocky (Classic Radio Sci-Fi) (2008) 9 exemplares
More Spinned Against (1953) 8 exemplares
Children of the Damned [1964 film] (1964) — Writer — 8 exemplares
The Wheel (1952) 7 exemplares
Random Quest (1961) 6 exemplares
Survival (1952) 6 exemplares
Exiles on Asperus [novelette] (1980) 6 exemplares
The Asteroids, A.D. 2194 (1960) 5 exemplares
Pawley's Peepholes (1951) 5 exemplares
Compassion Circuit (1954) 5 exemplares
Wanderers of Time [short story] (1880) 4 exemplares
The Perfect Creature (1937) 4 exemplares
Dumb Martian (1952) 4 exemplares
Chronoclasm, The (1953) 4 exemplares
The Trojan Beam 4 exemplares
The Space-Station: A.D. 1994 (1958) 3 exemplares
Chinese Puzzle [novelette] (1953) 3 exemplares
The Man From Beyond (1934) 3 exemplares
Wild Flower (1955) 3 exemplares
Opposite Numbers (1954) 3 exemplares
The Stare 3 exemplares
Pavučina (1996) 2 exemplares
O Dia das Trífides 2 exemplares
A Aldeia dos Malditos 2 exemplares
Vivos: 20% 2 exemplares
A Stitch in Time [short story] (1961) 2 exemplares
Jizzle [short story] (1952) 2 exemplares
Heaven Scent [short story] (1954) 2 exemplares
Pillar to Post [novelette] (1951) 2 exemplares
Time to Rest (1949) 2 exemplares
The Moon A.D. 2044 (1958) 2 exemplares
Derelict of Space [novelette] (1939) 2 exemplares
Child Of Power (1939) 2 exemplares
The Last Lunarians (1938) 2 exemplares
The Puff-ball Menace (1933) 2 exemplares
Odd [short story] (1961) 2 exemplares
Meteor [short story] (1941) 2 exemplares
Adaptation 2 exemplares
The Curse of the Burdens (2024) 2 exemplares
Confidence Trick [short story] (1953) 2 exemplares
How Do I Do? [short story] (1953) 2 exemplares
The Kraken Awakens 1 exemplar
Mars A.D. 2094 (1958) 1 exemplar
The Triffids 1 exemplar
Amazing Stories 1 exemplar
Les Transofromés 1 exemplar
The Moon Devils 1 exemplar
The Lost Machine 1 exemplar
Collected Novels 1 exemplar
nueva dimensión - 035 (1972) 1 exemplar
Venus A.D. 2144 (1958) 1 exemplar
Sleepers of Mars [Novella] (1938) 1 exemplar
Wyndham Trilogy 1 exemplar
Esmeralda [short story] (1954) 1 exemplar
Technical Slip [short story] (1950) 1 exemplar
Time Out [novelette] (1953) 1 exemplar
Worlds to Barter [Novelette] (1931) 1 exemplar
Short Stories Collection (2017) 1 exemplar
Vengeance By Proxy 1 exemplar
The Red Stuff 1 exemplar
A Long Spoon [short story] (1960) 1 exemplar
" Zolotoglazye". 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Science Fiction Century (1997) — Contribuidor — 529 exemplares
The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy (1997) — Contribuidor — 504 exemplares
Science Fiction Omnibus (1952) — Contribuidor — 340 exemplares
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 1 (1959) — Contribuidor — 338 exemplares
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction [2-volume set] (1959) — Contribuidor — 292 exemplares
13 Great Stories of Science Fiction (1960) — Contribuidor — 256 exemplares
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse (2010) — Contribuidor — 197 exemplares
My Favorite Fantasy Story (2000) — Contribuidor — 166 exemplares
A Science Fiction Argosy (1972) — Contribuidor, algumas edições163 exemplares
Vampire Stories (1996) — Contribuidor — 142 exemplares
Space Odyssey (1983) — Contribuidor — 138 exemplares
Dragons: The Greatest Stories (1997) — Contribuidor — 121 exemplares
A Sense of Wonder (1967) — Contribuidor — 114 exemplares
Spectrum 4 (1965) — Contribuidor — 112 exemplares
An ABC of Science Fiction (1809) — Contribuidor — 102 exemplares
Best SF Two (1956) — Contribuidor — 92 exemplares
7th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1962) — Contribuidor — 90 exemplares
65 Great Spine Chillers (1988) — Contribuidor — 79 exemplares
Best SF (1955) — Contribuidor — 76 exemplares
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996) — Contribuidor — 70 exemplares
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977) — Autor, algumas edições65 exemplares
The Vintage Anthology of Science Fantasy. (1966) — Contribuidor — 65 exemplares
The Best of British SF 2 (1977) — Contribuidor — 59 exemplares
Beachheads in Space (1952) — Contribuidor, algumas edições; Contribuidor, algumas edições53 exemplares
Far Boundaries (1951) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
No Place Like Earth [collection] (1951) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (1997) — Contribuidor — 42 exemplares
Great Science Fiction Stories (1968) — Contribuidor — 40 exemplares
The Television Late-night Horror Omnibus (1993) — Contribuidor — 39 exemplares
Vintage Science Fiction: Stories That Inspired Landmark Films (1999) — Contribuidor — 39 exemplares
The Time Travelers: A Science Fiction Quartet (1985) — Contribuidor — 39 exemplares
The Best of British SF 1 (1977) — Contribuidor — 38 exemplares
The Space Magicians (1971) — Contribuidor — 38 exemplares
Operation Future (1955) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
Alien Worlds (1964) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
Best SF Five (1963) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
The Day of the Triffids [1963 film] (1985) — Original book — 31 exemplares
Village of the Damned [1960 film] (1960) — Original story — 30 exemplares
The Old Masters (1970) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
The Unspeakable People (1969) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
Tales of Dungeons and Dragons (1986) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
The Wizard's Den: Spellbinding Stories of Magic & Magicians (2001) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
The Time Curve (1968) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
The War Years 1936 1945 (Amazing Science Fiction Stories) (1987) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
World Zero Minus: An SF Anthology (1971) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
The Other Side of the Clock (1968) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
Nightfrights (1972) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Tales Out of Time (1979) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny: 38 (2023) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Science fiction verhalen [1969] — Contribuidor, algumas edições13 exemplares
Out of This World 1: An Anthology of Science Fiction (1960) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Gateway to Tomorrow: A Science Fiction Anthology (1954) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Weirdies, Weirdies, Weirdies (1975) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
The Day of the Triffids [1981 film] — Original book — 12 exemplares
Into the unknown;: Eleven tales of imagination (1973) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Beyond Fantasy Fiction 1953 September (1953) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Ghastly, Ghoulish, Gripping Tales (1983) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Day of the Triffids [Import anglais] (2009) — Original book — 9 exemplares
As Time Goes By (2015) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Verhalen omnibus (1967) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Armchair Horror Collection (1994) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Haunts, Haunts, Haunts (1977) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Saturn im Morgenlicht (1963) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Amazing Stories Vol. 35, No. 1 [January 1961] (1961) — Autor — 5 exemplares
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 2nd Series (1983) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
New Worlds Science Fiction 75, September 1958 — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Un passo avanti e due indietro — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Horror (1978) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Otte Science Fiction Noveller — Autor, algumas edições2 exemplares
In Fear and Dread (1974) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Gateway To The Stars: A Science Fiction Anthology — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Fantasy Fiction Magazine, June 1953 (Vol. 1, No. 2) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Weird Tales Volume 49 Number 2, Winter 1985 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Kaleidoskop II — Autor, algumas edições1 exemplar
Argosy - November 1958 (1958) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Wonder Stories, July 1935 (1935) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Harris, John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon
Outros nomes
Beynon, John (pen name)
Parkes, Lucas (pen name)
Wyndham, John (pen name)
Harris, Johnson (pen name)
Beynon-Harris, John (pen name)
Data de nascimento
1903-07-10
Data de falecimento
1969-03-11
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
País (no mapa)
England, UK
Local de nascimento
Dorridge, Knowle, Warwickshire, England, UK
Local de falecimento
Oakridge House, Mill Lane, Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Locais de residência
Knowle, Warwickshire, England, UK (birthplace)
Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
London, England, UK
Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Educação
Bedales School
Ocupações
government official
soldier
author
farmer
commercial artist
advertising executive
Organizações
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Royal Corps of Signals
Ministry of Information

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Born in the village of Knowle in Warwickshire, England. After leaving school, Wyndham tried several careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, but mostly relied on an allowance from his family. He eventually turned to writing for money in 1925, and by 1931 was selling short stories and serial fiction to American science fiction pulp magazines, most under the pen names of 'John Beynon' or 'John Beynon Harris'. After WWII Wyndham returned to writing. Using the John Wyndham pen name for the first time, he wrote the novel The Day of the Triffids. The book proved to be an enormous success and established Wyndham as an important exponent of science fiction. He went on to write and publish six more novels.

John Wyndham wrote several short stories before World War II under various names, including Lucas Parkes, John Harris, and Lucas Beynon. It was not until after the war that he began to focus on the themes of disaster, invasion, and evolution under the name of John Wyndham and created two of the most well-known stories of our time – The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos. John Wyndham died in 1969, but his works continue to be read as classics of speculative fiction.

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This has been on my re-read list for some time. I didn't particularly enjoy it when I first read it as a young teenager - probably because the protagonist, Bill, is a bit of a fussy, nervous type. This time, I loved the cautionary tale of humanity's greed and excess resulting in our downfall. A must-read for all sci-fi fans.
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SarahEBear | 206 outras críticas | Mar 16, 2024 |
You can live to be three hundred years old! all you have to do is administer a treatment of a biological treatment. Now, the men who do this regard it as a way of retaining power. The women, on the other hand, see it as a way of finally breaking the bonds created by a culture which has not yet found safe contraception. This is the funniest of Wyndham's books
 
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DinadansFriend | 33 outras críticas | Mar 5, 2024 |
This is a collection of short stories by a single author. Wyndham was British, and he was no fan of space opera, or of the heavily techno-crazy tales being spun im the 1950's on this side of the Atlantic. This collection is a fast forward to the "New Sci-Fi" of the 1960's with a lot of character development and thoughtful asides.
 
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DinadansFriend | 14 outras críticas | Feb 26, 2024 |
All the women are pregnant, they are delivered of healthy babies, and thegeneration are quite uniform in manners, and appearance. It is obviously a mass event, by extra-terrestrials. how do the parents, and society deal with this phenomemon. Read for a good time, in a restrained, British kind of way. I read an earlier edition, of course.
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DinadansFriend | 85 outras críticas | Feb 26, 2024 |

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Lucas Parkes Pseudonym
Richard Powers Cover artist, Illustrator
Leslie Flood Introduction
Gerald Bishop Bibliography
Warren Chang Cover artist
Philip K. Dick Contributor
Monica Elias Cover designer
Richard Matheson Contributor
Marcel Laverdet Cover artist
Peter Lord Cover artist
Mark Salwowski Cover artist
Harry Willock Cover artist
Patrick Leger Illustrator, Cover artist
Christopher Priest Introduction
Eppo Doeve Cover artist
Franco Lucentini Contributor, Foreword
Carlo Fruttero Contributor, Foreword
Richard M. Powers Cover artist
John Griffiths Cover artist
Patrick Gierth Cover designer
Andy Bridge Cover artist
Edmund Morris Introduction
John Stewart Cover artist
Inge Seelig Translator
Gary Viskupic Cover artist
Samuel West Narrator
Barry Langford Introduction
Earle Bergey Cover artist
Chris Foss Cover artist
Michael Herring Cover artist
M. John Harrison Introduction
Robert Powell Narrator
C.W. Bacon Cover artist
Piroska F. Nagy Translator
Adrien Veillon Translator
Giorgio Severi Translator
Vesa Lempiäinen Cover artist
Paul Hogarth Cover artist
Dean Ellis Cover artist
Martin Zhouf Cover artist
Adam Roberts Introduction
Barbara McShane Translator
Gisela Stege Translator
Veikko Rekunen Translator
Karel Thole Cover artist
Gillian Hills Cover artist
Adam Roberts Introduction
Larry Schwinger Cover artist
Alex Jennings Narrator
Tom Arno Translator
Cees Buddingh' Translator
Matti Kannosto Translator
Robert E. Schulz Cover artist
Margaret Atwood Introduction
Robert S. Brown Cover artist
Paul Giovanopoulos Cover artist
Colin Hay Cover artist
Walter Gillings Introduction
Karin Malmsjö Translator
Frank Frazetta Cover artist
Yoma Cap Translator
Paul Lehr Cover artist
Kenneth Farnhill Cover artist
Martin Buchan Cover artist
Patrick Woodroffe Cover artist
Peter Rudland Cover artist
Richard Clifton-Dey Cover artist
Gervasio Gallardo Cover artist
Thorstein Thelle Translator

Estatísticas

Obras
167
Also by
81
Membros
25,846
Popularidade
#807
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
672
ISBN
461
Línguas
24
Marcado como favorito
112

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