Godina izdanja: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

John Wyndham
manji format
engleski jezik
Ballantine books
1960 god
185 strana
lepo očuvana, stranice malo požutele

The Chrysalids (United States title: Re-Birth) is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham, first published in 1955 by Michael Joseph. It is the least typical of Wyndham`s major novels, but regarded by some as his best.[2][3][4] An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.

The inhabitants of post-apocalypse Labrador have vague knowledge of the `Old People`, a technologically advanced civilization they believe was destroyed when God sent `Tribulation` to the world to punish their forebears` sins. The inhabitants practise a form of fundamentalist Christianity; they believe that to follow God`s word and prevent another Tribulation, they must preserve absolute normality among the surviving humans, plants and animals, and therefore practice eugenics. Humans with even minor mutations are considered blasphemies and either killed or sterilized and banished to the Fringes, a lawless and untamed area rife with animal and plant mutations, and suggested to be contaminated with radiation. Arguments occur over the keeping of a tailless cat or the possession of over-sized horses. These are deemed by the government to be legitimate breeds, either preexisting or achieved through conventional breeding. The government`s position is considered both cynical and heretical by many of the orthodox frontier community, and it is suggested that they support the usage of these animals for the sole purpose of their greater efficiency.