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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.
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Epic, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- John Wyndham
- First published
- 1953
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Chivers Press, Joseph, Penguin Books
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9786052349809
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John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works written using the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include *The Day of the Triffids* (1951) and *The Midwich Cuckoos* (1957), the latter filmed twice as *Village of the Damned*. **Source**: [John Wyndham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyndham) on Wikipedia.
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