science fiction writer
Autor de ciencia ficción inglés (1903–1969)
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“The world has so multiplied the causes of fear that no one is left entirely unafraid.”
“'Somehow running away seldom seems to work out well unless you have a pretty good idea what you're running to."”
“"Most births are painful, and none are pretty."”
“"I see death as the worm's opportunity. It is defeat. You can dress it as you like, with drama, or glory, or pomposity, and perhaps deceive yourself for the critical moment - but, nevertheless, the same worm comes - it is defeat..."”
“It is what has happened, and is happening now, that determines the future. Therefore, there must be a great number of possible futures, each a possible consequence of what is being done now.”
“"A mind oppressed by a sense of sin can play a lot of nasty tricks. Nowadays they talk of guilt complexes and inhibitions. Names change: when I was a boy the same thing was known as a bad conscience . . ."”
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John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris fue un escritor de ciencia ficción inglés mejor conocido por sus obras publicadas bajo el seudónimo John Wyndham, aunque también usó otras combinaciones de sus nombres, como John Beynon y Lucas Parkes. Algunas de sus obras se ambientaron en paisajes postapocalípticos. Sus obras más conocidas incluyen The Day of the Triffids (1951), filmada en 1962, y The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), que fue filmada en 1960 como Village of the Damned, en 1995 bajo el mismo título, y nuevamente en 2022 en Sky Max bajo su título original.
