Кукушата Мидвича. Чокки. Рассказы

by John Wyndham

…Odnazhdy v jasnuju sentjabrskuju noch obitatelej tipichnoj anglijskoj tikhoj derevushki Midvich nakryla strannaja polusfera, kotoraja proderzhalas nad neju okolo sutok. Ptitsy padali s neba zamertvo, a ljudi pogruzilis v sonnoe zabyte. A spustja paru mesjatsev, kogda vse uzhe nachali zabyvat o zagadochnom proisshestvii, vdrug vyjasnilos, chto vse zhenschiny detorodnogo vozrasta v derevne beremenny. Dazhe nezamuzhnie, vdovy i devstvennitsy.I v polozhennyj srok rodilis strannye zolotoglazye deti, udivitelno pokhozhie drug na druga… Deti, sposobnye siloj vzgljada podchinjat svoej vole… … Odnazhdy u Metju, zhivuschego s priemnymi, no ljubjaschimi roditeljami, pojavljaetsja drug. Voobrazhaemyj drug, kak chasto byvaet u malenkikh detej. Vo vsjakom sluchae, tak im kazhetsja ponachalu…Tysjachi mirov, podobnykh nashemu, lezhat sovsem rjadom, otdelennye lish tonchajshej prostranstvenno-vremennoj granitsej. I esli peresech etu granitsu, vozmozhno najti svoju istinnuju ljubov;- povstrechat cheloveka, poterjannogo mnogo let nazad;- poluchit shans povernut vremja vspjat i ispravit rokovuju oshibku;- k svoej nemaloj vygode dogovoritsja s demonom;- obresti uchitelja i druga, kotoryj priotkroet pered toboj tajny vselennoj!

480 pages, Hardcover

Published April 1, 2019

About the author

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was the son of a barrister. After trying a number of careers, including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, he started writing short stories in 1925. After serving in the civil Service and the Army during the war, he went back to writing. Adopting the name John Wyndham, he started writing a form of science fiction that he called 'logical fantasy'. As well as The Day of the Triffids, he wrote The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos (filmed as Village of the Damned) and The Seeds of Time.

Reviews

[Gregory · Rating 3 out of 5]

Кукушата Мидвича 4/5
Чокки 3/5

Видеорама Пооли 2/5
Хроноклазм 3/5
Прореха во времени 3/5
Странно 3/5
Поиск вслепую 3/5
Другое я 1/5
Длинная ложка 2/5