John Wyndham
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WYNDHAM, JOHN 1 a-n ================= "Adaptation" © Astounding, Jul 1949 The Best of John Wyndham, 1973 "And The Walls Came Tumbling Down" © Startling Stories, May 1951 The Best of John Wyndham, 1973 The Man from Beyond, 1975 --/ fourth place time sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea award "The Asteroids, 2194" (also as ``The Emptiness of Space'') (Troons series) © New Worlds, Nov 1960 Amazing, Jan 1961 The Outward Urge, 1961 Great SF Magazine, 1968 --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award "Chocky" (nv) © 1968, Ballantine books "The Chronoclasm" © Star Science Fiction # 1, 1953 The Seeds of Time, 1956 --/ cool time sf novella --/ idea award "The Chrysalids" (nv) (also as "Re-Birth") © 1955, Ballantine --book : 1966 Astounding/Analog All-Time Poll /23 --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder award "Close Behind Him" © Fantastic, Jan 1953 Fantastic Stories, Nov 1965 The Man from Beyond, 1975 --/ cool sf story "Compassion Circuit" © Fantastic Universe, Dec 1954 The Seeds of Time, 1956 Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter, 1956 "Consider Her Ways" © Sometime, Never, 1956 Consider Her Ways and Others, 1961 The Infinite Moment, 1961 --/ fourth place sf novella --/ idea award --/ wonder award "The Day Of Triffids" (nv) (also as "The Revolt Of The Triffids") © Colliers, 1951 novel: 1951, Doubleday --fiction : 1952 International Fantasy --/ third place apocalyptic sf novel --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ shock value "Dumb Martian" © Galaxy, Jul 1952 The Seeds of Time, 1956 --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award "The Emptiness of Space" (also as "The Asteroids, 2194") (Troons series) © New Worlds, Nov 1960 Amazing, Jan 1961 The Outward Urge, 1961 Great SF Magazine, 1968 --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award "The Kraken Wakes" (nv) (also as "Out Of The Deeps") (also as "The Thing From The Deep") © Everybody's Weekly, 1953 novel: 1953, Michael Joseph --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder award "A Long Spoon" © Suspense (UK), Sep 1960 Consider Her Ways and Others, 1961 "The Lost Machine" (as John Benyon Harris) © Amazing Stories, Apr 1932 --short fiction : 1971 Astounding/Analog All-Time Poll /7 (tie) --/ cool sf story "Meteor" (also as ``Phoney Meteor'') (as by John Beynon) © Amazing, Mar 1941 Fantastic, January 1966 The Seeds of Time, 1956 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea award "The Midwich Cuckoos" (nv) (also as "Village Of The Damned") © 1957, Michael Joseph "The Moon Devils" (as John Beynon Harris) © Wonder Stories, Apr 1934 Wonder Story Annual, 1950 --/ cool sf story --/ rare find WYNDHAM, JOHN 2 o-z ================= "Odd" © Consider Her Ways and Others, 1961 The Infinite Moment, 1961 --/ cool sf story "Oh, Where Now Is Peggy MacRafferty?" © Consider Her Ways and Others, 1961 --/ cool sf story "Operation Peep" © Suspense Magazine, Sum 1951 (expanded into "Pawley's Peepholes") --/ cool sf story --/ idea award "Opposite Numbers" © New Worlds # 22, 1954 The Seeds of Time, 1956 Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter, 1956 russ. as "Drugoe Ya" --/ cool sf story --/ style award "Out Of The Deeps" (nv) (also as "The Kraken Wakes") (also as "The Thing From The Deep") © Everybody's Weekly, 1953 novel: 1953, Michael Joseph --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder award "Pawley's Peepholes" (rev. from "Operation Peep") © Science Fantasy, Mar 1951 Suspence Magazine, 1951 The Seeds of Time, 1956 --/ cool sf story --/ idea award "Phoney Meteor" (also as "Meteor") (as by John Benyon) © Amazing Stories, Mar 1941 Fantastic, Jan 1966 The Seeds of Time, 1956 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea award "Pillar To Post" © Galaxy, Dec 1951 The Seeds of Time, 1956 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award "Random Quest" © Consider Her Ways and Others, 1961 The Infinite Moment, 1961 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea award "Re-Birth" (nv) (also as "The Chrysalids") © 1955, Ballantine books --book : 1966 Astounding/Analog All-Time Poll /23 --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder award "A Stitch In Time" © Argosy (UK), Mar 1961 Consider Her Ways and Others, 1961 The Infinite Moment, 1961 --/ cool time sf story "Survival" © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Feb 1952 The Seeds of Time, 1956 --/ cool sf story --/ adventure award "Technical Slip" (as by John Beynon Harris and also as John Beynon) © Arkham Sampler, Spr 1949 Imagination, Dec 1950 Jizzle, John Wyndham, 1954 "Time To Rest" © Arkham Sampler, Win 1949 The Seeds of Time, 1956 --/ third place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ style award --/ emotion award "Trouble With Lichen" (nv) © 1960, Ballantine Books "The Venus Adventure" (nv) (as John Beynon Harris) © Wonder Stories, May 1932 Tales Of Wonder, 1939 "Village Of The Damned" (nv) (also as "The Midwich Cuckoos") © 1957, Michael Joseph "The Wheel" © Startling Stories, Jan 1952 Jizzle, 1954 Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter, 1956 --/ cool sf story --/ idea award "Wild Flower" © Fantastic Universe, Nov 1955 The Seeds of Time, 1956 Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter, 1956 --/ cool sf story --------------------------------------- |
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