- Fiction, Science Fiction, Post-Apocolyptic Life, Mutation (Biology)
This book is about a post apocalyptic world returned back to the times of the horse and carriage seen through the eyes of a young boy. Deviations are punished or destroyed and what few books remained govern the way people think about change and the differences from the norm.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- John Wyndham
- First published
- 1955
- Pages
- 200
- Publisher
- Caminho, Michael Joseph, Penguin Books Ltd
- Editions
- 37
- Language
- English, Portuguese, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780460905589
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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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