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"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

"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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