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The ChrysalidsJohn Wyndham

The Chrysalids

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25 editions · 3 languages
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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. The twists and turns in this rather short book as bought me back to it many times over the years, which is very unusual for me. It would make a great Spielberg movie with the authors descriptions of the scarred landscape and the characters being fantastic. you could really picture the trials and tribulations of these…

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25 editions · 3 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2008
    TheChrysalids by Wyndham, John ( Author ) ON Aug-07-2008, Paperback
    Penguin Books Ltd · 9780141032979
  • Paperback · English · 2000
    Chrysalids
    Penguin · 64 pages · 9780582419803
  • Audiobook · English · 2000
    The Chrysalids (Penguin Modern Classics)
    Penguin Audiobooks · 2 pages · 9780141801926
  • Audiobook · English · 1996
    Chivers Audio Books · 9780745163765
  • Audiobook · English · 1996
    Penguin Audiobooks · 2 pages · 9780140864236
  • Paperback · English · 1990
    The Chrysalids (Bull's-eye S.)
    Nelson Thornes Ltd · 127 pages · 9780748702794
FictionScience FictionPost-Apocolyptic LifeMutation (Biology)TelepathyFICTION / DystopianFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, general