Tento autor preslávil svoj jedinečný štýl logickej fantasy, ktorý vtlačil do nadčasových diel. Jeho príbehy sa ponárajú do hlbín ľudskej psychiky a skúmajú, ako sa jednotlivci a spoločnosť vyrovnávajú s nečakanými hrozbami a podivnými okolnosťami. S majstrovskou schopnosťou budovať napätie a atmosféru nám ponúka znepokojivo uveriteľné vízie budúcnosti, ktoré nútia k zamysleniu a zanechávajú trvalý dojem. Jeho diela zostávajú relevantné pre svoje skúmanie základných ľudských reakcií na nevysvetliteľné.
Biológ Bill Masen je po operácií očí a ako jeden z mála ľudí na svete si nemôže pozrieť zvláštny meteorický roj. Všetci, ktorí toto vesmírne divadlo videli, však oslepli. Bezpečný a známy svet, ktorý Bill poznal len pred dvadsiatimi štyrmi hodinami, je navždy preč. Okrem nástrah po katastrofickej udalosti všade číhajú aj trifidy – dvojmetrové mäsožravé rastliny, ktoré dokážu kráčať a jedovatým žihadlom poľahky zabiť dospelého človeka.Ľudstvo je v troskách a trifidy sú na ceste ovládnuť svet.
Anglický autor John Wyndham (1903–1969) patří k nejvýznamnějším tvůrcům žánru science fiction. Proslavil se především díky románu Den trifidů. Nemenší úspěchy Wyndham slavil i se svými dalšími invazními a katastrofickými romány Kukly či Midwichské kukačky. Ke klasice žánru patří rovněž jeho povídky, které vycházejí v uceleném sborníku u nás poprvé. Ve sbírce najdete tucet příběhů, jež chronologicky mapují celou Wyndhamovu tvorbu od klasické novely Světy na výměnu přes invazní Pýchavkovou hrozbu až po příběhy s hororovými prvky Neviditelná stvůra, Rudé svinstvo a další.... celý text
Set in a post-apocalyptic future after a global nuclear war, the story follows David, a young boy in a community of religious and genetic fundamentalists. This society is vigilant against any deviations from what they consider God's creation, labeling them as 'offenses' or 'blasphemies.' Offenses include unusual plants and animals, which are publicly destroyed amid hymns, while blasphemies refer to humans with any abnormal traits, who are exiled to the wild. David grows up under strict admonitions to maintain purity and watch for mutants. Initially, he accepts these beliefs without question, though he is disturbed when his devout parents force his aunt to abandon her baby. Over time, he discovers that he himself possesses a unique ability, placing him at risk of death or opening the door to a new world of freedom. This narrative serves as a philosophical exploration, resonating with contemporary issues of genetic and religious extremism, and remains relevant since its creation during the Cold War. The work is a classic of science fiction, intricately designed and thought-provoking.
Matthew, they thought, was just going through a phase of talking to himself. And, like many parents, they waited for him to get over it, but it started to get worse. Then Matthew started doing things he couldn't do before, like counting in binary-code mathematics. So he told them about Chocky - the person who lived in his head.
The children of Midwich are all blond, golden-eyed, grow up too fast, and were all conceived on a night when a silver object appeared and the Midwich inhabitants fell unconscious. Now the children are exhibiting frightening abilities that bring them into conflict with the other villagers.
Ships are sinking for no apparent reason, carrying hundreds to a dark underwater grave. Strange fireballs race through the sky above the deepest trenches of the oceans. Something is about to show itself, something terrible and alien, a force capable of causing global catastrophe.
A millionaire English lord dreams of founding a Utopian community on a remote Pacific island. Among the forty-odd men and women selected for the project are a pestologist named Camilla and the narrator. Within hours of the group's arrival on the sunny isle their radio has been destroyed. Within days several members of the group are dead. Dream turns to nightmare as they discover the island is overrun by a species programmed to resist and dominate any invader.
Frighteningly real, completely believable, here are six stories of people who find themselves suddenly living in another year of their own lives. With the casual ease of a master writer, John Wyndham gives flesh and substance to that strange moment when the bottom suddenly drops out from under us and we meet ourselves in the future or the past—ourselves as we will be, or might have been.Includes:Consider Her WaysOddHow Do I DoStitch in TimeRandom QuestTime Out
