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Plan for Chaos by John Wyndham
30.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction
In a city that could well be New York, a series of identical women are found dead in suspicious circumstances. Magazine photographer Johnny Farthing, who is reporting on the suspected murders, is chilled to discover that his fiancee looks identical to the victims too - and then she disappears.
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
24.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials Ser.
'WATCH THOU FOR THE MUTANT ' It is many years since God sent the Tribulation to punish the forebears for their sins, and in the rural settlement of Waknuk David Strorm's father decries any and all blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that David and his cousin Rosalind, have their own secre ...Show more
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realize that his own son, his niece Rosalind and their friends, have their own secret aberration which would label them as mutants. But as David and Rosalind grow older ...Show more
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
24.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Takes reader into the heart of a community where the chances of breeding true are less than fifty percent and where deviations are rooted out and destroyed as abominations.
The Chrysalids (Popular Penguins) by John Wyndham
12.99 NZD
15.99 (18% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Chyrsalids 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, always on the alert for any deviation from the norm of God's creation. Abnormal plants are publicly burned, with much ...Show more
The Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel <i>The Day of the Triffids</i> to moderate acclaim. Nearly seventy years later, this horrifying story is a science fiction classic, touted by <i>The Times</i> (London) as having “all the reality of a vividly realized nightmare.” Bill Mas ...Show more
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic
The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.'When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.'When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth's populat ...Show more
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
21.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Reading Level: very good
William Maser wakes up in hospital to a world of eery quiet.Carefully removing the protective bandages around his eyes, he sees that everyone around him has gone blind. Easy prey for the mobile, flesh-eating triffids that have quietly spread over the planet and now begin to take control of it. Surrounde ...Show more
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
13.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Fast Track Classics | Reading Level: From 8 To 99
This title is part of a series that presents retold, shortened versions of classic novels that are suitable for children working at Key Stages Two and Three. This retelling of "The Day of the Triffids" intends to lose none of the strength and character of the original.
The Day of the Triffids: Popular Penguins by John Wyndham
13.99 NZD
15.99 (12% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: good
Bill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen. Removing his bandages the next morning, he finds masses of sightless people wandering the city. He soon meets Josella, another lucky person who has retained her sight, and together they leave ...Show more
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
24.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Reading Level: very good
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. Helples ...Show more