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The Midwich Cuckoos: Now a major Sky series starring Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley
John Wyndham
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Description for The Midwich Cuckoos: Now a major Sky series starring Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley
Paperback. In the English village of Midwich, a silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone and everyone awakens unharmed - except that all the women in the village are pregnant. This book offers a tale of aliens, exploring how we respond when confronted by those who are innately superior to us in every way. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
FROM THE CLASSIC SCI-FI WRITER AND AUTHOR OF THE CHRYSTALIDS AND THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
Now a modern reimagining starring Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley available to watch on Sky.
'Exciting, unsettling and technically brilliant' Spectator
In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone and everyone awakens unharmed - except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant.
The resultant children of Midwich do not belong to their parents: all are blonde, all are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141033013
SKU
V9780141033013
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-40
About John Wyndham
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903, the son of a barrister. He tried a number of careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, and started writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. From 1930 to 1939 he wrote short stories of various kinds under different names, almost exclusively for American publications, while also writing ... Read more
Reviews for The Midwich Cuckoos: Now a major Sky series starring Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley
Exciting, unsettling and technically brilliant
Spectator
Spectator