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John Wyndham (1903–1969)

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Werke von John Wyndham

Die Triffids (1951) 7,405 Exemplare
Wiedergeburt (1955) 4,722 Exemplare
Es geschah am Tage X ... (1957) 2,932 Exemplare
Kolonie im Meer? (1953) 1,820 Exemplare
Chocky (1968) 1,756 Exemplare
Ärger mit der Unsterblichkeit (1960) 1,413 Exemplare
Die Kobaltblume (1941) 964 Exemplare
Consider Her Ways and Others (1961) 597 Exemplare
Eiland der Spinnen (1979) 509 Exemplare
Das versteckte Volk. (1935) — Autor; Pseudonym, einige Ausgaben430 Exemplare
Griff nach den Sternen (The Outward Urge) (1959) — Autor — 424 Exemplare
Stowaway to Mars (1935) — Autor — 387 Exemplare
Wanderers of Time [collection] (1933) 291 Exemplare
Jizzle (1937) 238 Exemplare
Out of the Deeps (1953) 236 Exemplare
Sleepers of Mars [collection] (1931) 207 Exemplare
Plan for Chaos (2009) 127 Exemplare
Time Untamed (1967) 83 Exemplare
Exiles on Asperus [collection] (1932) 80 Exemplare
Selected Works (1980) 66 Exemplare
The Infinite Moment (1961) 60 Exemplare
The Best of John Wyndham (1973) 59 Exemplare
Web [Penguin reader] (1996) 23 Exemplare
The Paranoid Fifties (1995) 21 Exemplare
Science-fiction verhalen (1975) 17 Exemplare
Foul Play Suspected (1935) 13 Exemplare
Consider Her Ways [novella] (1956) 10 Exemplare
The Ultimate Freedom (1994) 10 Exemplare
Chocky (Classic Radio Sci-Fi) (2008) 9 Exemplare
More Spinned Against (1953) 8 Exemplare
Children of the Damned [1964 film] (1964) — Writer — 8 Exemplare
The Wheel (1952) 7 Exemplare
Random Quest (1961) 6 Exemplare
Survival (1952) 6 Exemplare
Exiles on Asperus [novelette] (1980) 6 Exemplare
The Asteroids, A.D. 2194 (1960) 5 Exemplare
Pawley's Peepholes (1951) 5 Exemplare
Compassion Circuit (1954) 5 Exemplare
The Perfect Creature (1937) 4 Exemplare
Dumb Martian (1952) 4 Exemplare
Chronoclasm, The (1953) 4 Exemplare
The Trojan Beam 4 Exemplare
The Space-Station: A.D. 1994 (1958) 3 Exemplare
Chinese Puzzle [novelette] (1953) 3 Exemplare
The Man From Beyond (1934) 3 Exemplare
Wild Flower (1955) 3 Exemplare
Opposite Numbers (1954) 3 Exemplare
The Stare 3 Exemplare
Pavučina (1996) 2 Exemplare
O Dia das Trífides 2 Exemplare
Vivos: 20% 2 Exemplare
A Stitch in Time [short story] (1961) 2 Exemplare
Jizzle [short story] (1952) 2 Exemplare
Heaven Scent [short story] (1954) 2 Exemplare
Pillar to Post [novelette] (1951) 2 Exemplare
Time to Rest (1949) 2 Exemplare
The Moon A.D. 2044 (1958) 2 Exemplare
Derelict of Space [novelette] (1939) 2 Exemplare
Child Of Power (1939) 2 Exemplare
The Last Lunarians (1938) 2 Exemplare
The Puff-ball Menace (1933) 2 Exemplare
Odd [short story] (1961) 2 Exemplare
Meteor [short story] (1941) 2 Exemplare
Adaptation 2 Exemplare
The Curse of the Burdens (2024) 2 Exemplare
Confidence Trick [short story] (1953) 2 Exemplare
How Do I Do? [short story] (1953) 2 Exemplare
The Kraken Awakens 1 Exemplar
Mars A.D. 2094 (1958) 1 Exemplar
The Triffids 1 Exemplar
Amazing Stories 1 Exemplar
Les Transofromés 1 Exemplar
The Moon Devils 1 Exemplar
The Lost Machine 1 Exemplar
Collected Novels 1 Exemplar
nueva dimensión - 035 (1972) 1 Exemplar
Venus A.D. 2144 (1958) 1 Exemplar
Sleepers of Mars [Novella] (1938) 1 Exemplar
Wyndham Trilogy 1 Exemplar
Esmeralda [short story] (1954) 1 Exemplar
Technical Slip [short story] (1950) 1 Exemplar
Time Out [novelette] (1953) 1 Exemplar
Worlds to Barter [Novelette] (1931) 1 Exemplar
Short Stories Collection (2017) 1 Exemplar
Vengeance By Proxy 1 Exemplar
The Red Stuff 1 Exemplar
A Long Spoon [short story] (1960) 1 Exemplar
" Zolotoglazye". 1 Exemplar

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The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy (1997) — Mitwirkender — 504 Exemplare
Science Fiction Omnibus (1952) — Mitwirkender — 340 Exemplare
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 1 (1959) — Mitwirkender — 338 Exemplare
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction [2-volume set] (1959) — Mitwirkender — 292 Exemplare
13 Great Stories of Science Fiction (1960) — Mitwirkender — 256 Exemplare
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse (2010) — Mitwirkender — 197 Exemplare
My Favorite Fantasy Story (2000) — Mitwirkender — 166 Exemplare
A Science Fiction Argosy (1972) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben163 Exemplare
Vampire Stories (1996) — Mitwirkender — 142 Exemplare
Space Odyssey (1983) — Mitwirkender — 138 Exemplare
Dragons: The Greatest Stories (1997) — Mitwirkender — 121 Exemplare
A Sense of Wonder (1967) — Mitwirkender — 114 Exemplare
Spectrum 4 (1965) — Mitwirkender — 112 Exemplare
An ABC of Science Fiction (1809) — Mitwirkender — 102 Exemplare
Best SF Two (1956) — Mitwirkender — 92 Exemplare
7th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1962) — Mitwirkender — 90 Exemplare
65 Great Spine Chillers (1988) — Mitwirkender — 79 Exemplare
Best SF (1955) — Mitwirkender — 76 Exemplare
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996) — Mitwirkender — 70 Exemplare
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977) — Autor, einige Ausgaben65 Exemplare
The Vintage Anthology of Science Fantasy. (1966) — Mitwirkender — 65 Exemplare
The Best of British SF 2 (1977) — Mitwirkender — 59 Exemplare
Beachheads in Space (1952) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben; Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben53 Exemplare
Far Boundaries (1951) — Mitwirkender — 46 Exemplare
No Place Like Earth [collection] (1951) — Mitwirkender — 43 Exemplare
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (1997) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Great Science Fiction Stories (1968) — Mitwirkender — 40 Exemplare
The Television Late-night Horror Omnibus (1993) — Mitwirkender — 39 Exemplare
Vintage Science Fiction: Stories That Inspired Landmark Films (1999) — Mitwirkender — 39 Exemplare
The Time Travelers: A Science Fiction Quartet (1985) — Mitwirkender — 39 Exemplare
The Best of British SF 1 (1977) — Mitwirkender — 38 Exemplare
The Space Magicians (1971) — Mitwirkender — 38 Exemplare
Operation Future (1955) — Mitwirkender — 34 Exemplare
Alien Worlds (1964) — Mitwirkender — 33 Exemplare
Best SF Five (1963) — Mitwirkender — 31 Exemplare
The Day of the Triffids [1963 film] (1985) — Original book — 31 Exemplare
Village of the Damned [1960 film] (1960) — Original story — 30 Exemplare
The Old Masters (1970) — Mitwirkender — 26 Exemplare
The Unspeakable People (1969) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare
Tales of Dungeons and Dragons (1986) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
Das Magische Zimmer (2001) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
The Time Curve (1968) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
The War Years 1936 1945 (Amazing Science Fiction Stories) (1987) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
World Zero Minus: An SF Anthology (1971) — Mitwirkender — 18 Exemplare
The Other Side of the Clock (1968) — Mitwirkender — 18 Exemplare
Nightfrights (1972) — Mitwirkender — 17 Exemplare
Tales Out of Time (1979) — Mitwirkender — 16 Exemplare
Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny: 38 (2023) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
Science fiction verhalen [1969] — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben13 Exemplare
Out of This World 1: An Anthology of Science Fiction (1960) — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare
Gateway to Tomorrow: A Science Fiction Anthology (1954) — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare
Weirdies, Weirdies, Weirdies (1975) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
The Day of the Triffids [1981 film] — Original book — 12 Exemplare
Into the unknown;: Eleven tales of imagination (1973) — Mitwirkender — 10 Exemplare
Beyond Fantasy Fiction 1953 September (1953) — Mitwirkender — 10 Exemplare
Ghastly, Ghoulish, Gripping Tales (1983) — Mitwirkender — 10 Exemplare
Day of the Triffids [Import anglais] (2009) — Original book — 9 Exemplare
As Time Goes By (2015) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
Verhalen omnibus (1967) — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
Armchair Horror Collection (1994) — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
Haunts, Haunts, Haunts (1977) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Saturn im Morgenlicht (1963) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Amazing Stories Vol. 35, No. 1 [January 1961] (1961) — Autor — 5 Exemplare
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 2nd Series (1983) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
New Worlds Science Fiction 75, September 1958 — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Un passo avanti e due indietro — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Horror (1978) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Otte Science Fiction Noveller — Autor, einige Ausgaben2 Exemplare
In Fear and Dread (1974) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Gateway To The Stars: A Science Fiction Anthology — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Fantasy Fiction Magazine, June 1953 (Vol. 1, No. 2) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Weird Tales Volume 49 Number 2, Winter 1985 — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Kaleidoskop II — Autor, einige Ausgaben1 Exemplar
Argosy - November 1958 (1958) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Wonder Stories, July 1935 (1935) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar

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Wissenswertes

Rechtmäßiger Name
Harris, John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon
Andere Namen
Beynon, John (pen name)
Parkes, Lucas (pen name)
Wyndham, John (pen name)
Harris, Johnson (pen name)
Beynon-Harris, John (pen name)
Geburtstag
1903-07-10
Todestag
1969-03-11
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
UK
Land (für Karte)
England, UK
Geburtsort
Dorridge, Knowle, Warwickshire, England, UK
Sterbeort
Oakridge House, Mill Lane, Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Wohnorte
Knowle, Warwickshire, England, UK (birthplace)
Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
London, England, UK
Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Ausbildung
Bedales School
Berufe
government official
soldier
author
farmer
commercial artist
advertising executive
Organisationen
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Royal Corps of Signals
Ministry of Information
Kurzbiographie
Born in the village of Knowle in Warwickshire, England. After leaving school, Wyndham tried several careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, but mostly relied on an allowance from his family. He eventually turned to writing for money in 1925, and by 1931 was selling short stories and serial fiction to American science fiction pulp magazines, most under the pen names of 'John Beynon' or 'John Beynon Harris'. After WWII Wyndham returned to writing. Using the John Wyndham pen name for the first time, he wrote the novel The Day of the Triffids. The book proved to be an enormous success and established Wyndham as an important exponent of science fiction. He went on to write and publish six more novels.

John Wyndham wrote several short stories before World War II under various names, including Lucas Parkes, John Harris, and Lucas Beynon. It was not until after the war that he began to focus on the themes of disaster, invasion, and evolution under the name of John Wyndham and created two of the most well-known stories of our time – The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos. John Wyndham died in 1969, but his works continue to be read as classics of speculative fiction.

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In einer fernen Zukunft ist die Menschheit aufgrund einer großen Katastrophe beinahe ausgelöscht worden. Die Nachkommen der Überlebenden haben auf dem Gebiet der Labrador-Halbinsel ein agrikulturell geprägtes Gemeinwesen geschaffen. Ideologisches Dogma dieser Geselschaft ist verbalinspirierte, konservative Religiosität, welche den Menschen als Abbild Gottes begreift und daher alle Abweichungen, wie beispielseise häufig auftretende Mutationen, mit rigoros bekämpft. In dieser Welt wächst David Strorm heran. Der Sohn eines besonders fanatischen Eiferers besitzt die Gabe, mit anderen Personen telepathisch zu kommunizieren. Eine Gabe, welche von der Gesellschaft als Abweichung begriffen wird.

John Wyndham hat eine spannende Zukunftsvision geschaffen, die elementare Fragen aufwirft. Er stellt das Anders-Sein, Vielfalt und Weiterentwicklung einer starren Uniformität gegenüber, ohne abschließende Wertungen abzugeben oder zu moralisieren. Wyndhams "Wiedergeburt" ist eine klassische Dystopie mit Elementen des Entwicklungs- und Abenterromans sowie der Fantastik und des Science-Fictions, die sich trotz der parapsychologischen und spirituellen Topoi nicht in metaphysischen und transzendentalen Untiefen verliert.
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