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The Chrysalids
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Author : John Wyndham
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-16
The Chrysalids written by John Wyndham and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-16 with Fiction categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Chrysalids" by John Wyndham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Chrysalids
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Author : John Wyndham
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2020-09-23
The Chrysalids written by John Wyndham and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-23 with Fiction categories.
The apocalyptic Cold War era science fiction classic of a young boy’s quest for freedom in a post-nuclear religious extremist society The Chrysalids is set in the future after a devastating global nuclear war. David, the young hero of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, who exist in a state of constant alert for any deviation from what they perceive as the norm of God’s creation, deviations broadly classified as “offenses” and “blasphemies.” Offenses consist of plants and animals that are in any way unusual, and these are publicly burned to the accompaniment of the singing of hymns. Blasphemies are human beings—ones who show any sign of abnormality, however trivial. They are banished from human society, cast out to live in the wild country where, as the authorities say, nothing is reliable and the devil does his work. David grows up surrounded by admonitions: KEEP PURE THE STOCK OF THE LORD; WATCH THOU FOR THE MUTANT. At first he hardly questions them, though he is shocked when his sternly pious father and rigidly compliant mother force his aunt to forsake her baby. It is a while before he realizes that he too is out of the ordinary, in possession of a power that could doom him to death or introduce him to a new, hitherto-unimagined world of freedom. The Chrysalids is a perfectly conceived and constructed work from the classic era of science fiction. It is a Voltairean philosophical tale that has as much resonance in our own day, when genetic and religious fundamentalism are both on the march, as when it was written during the Cold War.
The Chrysalids
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Author : John Wyndham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-02-11
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The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. The hero of John Wyndham - David Strorm, inhabits a thriving neighborhood on the outskirts of the unknown. Everyone lives in fear of the "old people" whose power is built miracles, and still believe, that God sent "sorrow" (most likely some form of nuclear war) to punish them for immorality. So they are afraid of mutations, forcing anyone who carries a sign of change. This is the world of David Strorm, the main character in the novel. Even as a child, he often dreamed of a city filled with items considered fantastic in his world, flying machines and carts that move without horses. While David grows, he realizes that he has the ability to communicate telepathically with other children. This ability of David will be considered blasphemy in their community, if someone finds out about it.David does not understand the seriousness of this ability while not find Sophie, a girl who was born with an extra toe on each foot. David befriends Sophie, but keep secret his new acquaintance. When her secret is discovered by another boy in the neighborhood, Sophie and her family were forced to flee. Then David realized that if reveal his secret, there will be serious consequences for him. David things are difficult. His father was strictly religious, when it comes to his own family.It becomes obvious that the village David isolated in their customs and beliefs. He is forced to flee with his friends, to find a new home for themselves si.Temite addressed to Chrysalids include the inevitability of change, human inhumanity to his fellow man, ignorance and fanaticism. Despite being over 50 years of age, the ideas expressed in this science fiction novel are still timely today. This novel is an excellent reader for people who are keen readers of classic science fiction.
The Chrysalids
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Author : John Wyndham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
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Set in post-nuclear war America, this novel tells of humanity in the aftermath of disaster.
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Author : David Harrower
language : en
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Release Date : 2001
The Chrysalids written by David Harrower and has been published by Nelson Thornes this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In a world where deviations from the norm are considered evil, David's talent to communicate by thought is a crucial secret.
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
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Chocky
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Author : John Wyndham
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2010-03-25
Chocky written by John Wyndham and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-25 with Fiction categories.
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 startling things: he speaks of complex mathematics and mocks human progress. Then, when Matthew does something incredible, it seems there is more than the imaginary about Chocky. Which is when others become interested and ask questions of their own: who is Chocky? And what could it want with an eleven-year-old boy?
Captain Blackman
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Author : John A. Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Captain Blackman written by John A. Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with African American soldiers categories.
Wounded during a search-and-destroy mission in Vietnam, Captain Abraham Blackman lapses into a coma and hallucinates about the role of the black soldier past and present in this time-machine variation. PW called this "a dramatically sound and exciting retelling of history." The novel seamlessly blends fantasy and history from 1776 to the early 1970s.
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Author : John Wyndham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
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Modern Classics Chrysalids
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Author : John Wyndham
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2000-02-22
Modern Classics Chrysalids written by John Wyndham and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-02-22 with Fiction categories.
A powerful post-apocalyptic allegory of persecution and intolerance, the Penguin Modern Classics edition of John Wyndham's science fiction masterpiece The Day of the Triffids contains an introduction by M. John Harrison. Nuclear war has devastated the world, bringing with it a host of genetic mutations. In the bleak, primitive society that has emerged from its ruins, any sign of deviation, no matter how small, is ruthlessly rooted out and destroyed. David lives in fear of discovery, for he is part of a secret group of children who are able to communicate with each other by transferring thought-shapes into each other's minds. As they grow older, they feel increasingly isolated. Then one of them marries a 'norm', with terrifying consequences. John Wyndham (1903-1969) the son of a barrister, tried a number of careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising before writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. After serving in the Civil Service and the Army during the Second World War, he decided to try writing a modified form of Science Fiction, which he called 'logical fantasy'. Among his most famous books are The Day of the Triffids (1951), The Kraken Wakes (1953), The Chrysalids (1955), The Midwich Cuckoos (1957, filmed twice as Village of the Damned), Trouble with Lichen (1960), and Chocky (1968). If you enjoyed The Chrysalids, you might like Arthur Miller's The Crucible, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'One of those few authors whose compulsive readability is a compliment to the intelligence' Spectator