Meteor

by Patrick Nobes (Adaptor), John Wyndham

It was just a smooth round metal ball, less than a metre in diameter. Although it was still hot from its journey through the huge nothingness of space, it looked quite harmless. But what was it, exactly? A meteor, perhaps - just one of those pieces of rock from outer space that occasionally fall down on to the planet Earth. But meteors don't usually make strange hissing sounds . . . In this collection of four of his famous science-fiction stories, John Wyndham creates visions of the future that make us think carefully about the way we live now.

Contents:

Meteor
Dumb Martian
Survival
Body and Soul (which was originally published as Pillar to Post in the collection The Seeds of Time)

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction

111 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Janine W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! I absolutely love this short story collection. I thought the ideas and concepts behind the stories were really interesting. I did not expect feministic views in a works of SF from the 60/70s SF-period. I just wish they were longer - maybe even made into a proper novel-so that the stories had more space for character development.

[Yoichi Takihana · Rating 3 out of 5]

11/12 Oxford bookwarms level6 62min
Chapter1

7 words: meteor survive globe enter cat tiny found

DQ. If you find species which you have never heard or watched, what will you do?

A: I will call a city office. If it is dangerous, I have to report the government.

I expected this book to fight against Elian. However, this book's Elian is tiny. I was a little disappointed.


11/19. 74min
Chapter2
7 words: bought alien fool abuse man kind revenge

DQ: In chapter2, alien revenged cold man. If you could revenge people who did unkind things to you, would you revenge?

A: I would not revenge. I think if I revenge, I will be revenged again. I want to live long and safe.

I thought chapter2 is a chapter1's after story. However, there are no relationships between chapter1 and 2. The alien in chapter2 is not tiny, but was really fool. However, she learned and revenged. For me, Chapter2 is more interesting than chapter1.

[J.P. Cawood · Rating 4 out of 5]

I personally love short science fiction stories. There are some fun set ups in this collection, but they don't all have well-crafted endings. I love a surprise twist! Still, a quick fun read.

[Rogermue · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the top SF stories. It's a classic story.

Meteor by John Wyndham, Great Britain

A SF story, one of the best I know. On some planet that is dying
it has been decided to send out eight sophisticated spaceships
in order to give part of the population a chance to survive and to
assure the continuation of the race.

The various targets of the spaceships had been selected with care.
One of the ships lands on Earth. But the hopes of the beings abord
the ship are deceived. The blue planet proves to be a catastrophy
for them.

A thrilling story and the technique of narration is on a high level.

[Evonne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short but sharp and classic.

[Luisa]

I do really liked this book. Enjoyable from start to finish.

[Elnaz.Enayati]

ok