Trouble with Lichen
Classic Science Fiction
$28.80
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
18 August 2008
Summary
Vibrant reissue of five of John Wyndham’s most famous novels.
Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property—it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of an ever-youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution.
As each scientist wrestles with the implicat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141032986 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141032987 |
| Author: | John Wyndham |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 149g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 13mm |
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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 detective novels. During the war he was in the Civil Service and then the Army. In 1946 he went back to writing stories for publication in the USA and decided to try a modified form of science fiction, a form he called ‘logical fantasy’. As John Wyndham he wrote The Day of the Triffids, The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos (filmed as Village of the Damned), The Seeds of Time, Trouble with Lichen, The Outward Urge, Consider Her Ways and Others, Web and Chocky. John Wyndham died in March 1969.
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