NO PLACE LIKE EARTH

John Wyndham
Introduction by John Pelan

ISBN 0-9740589-0-4

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Darkside Press is pleased to announce a landmark event for devotees of the best in science fiction: a new collection of stories by John Wyndham! One of the great masters of speculative fiction, John Wyndham was one of the first to leap from genre categorization to mainstream popularity. While his novels such as Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos and Chocky have been perpetually in print for most of the past fifty years and enjoyed adaptations for radio, film, and television, much of his short fiction has not received the same attention. This book (the first in a series of John Wyndham "readers") presents an eclectic collection of stories that demonstrate the versatility of this remarkable writer. Many of the tales presented herein have previously been available only in scarce publications; one ("Blackmoil") has never been published in any form at all. An essential volume for the Wyndham collector or an excellent introduction for new readers.

We must add a word of warning, our previous Darkside Press volume, the Fritz Leiber collection Day Dark, Night Bright, was out of print practically upon publication. Future volumes will include work by John Wyndham, Harvey Jacobs, Cleve Cartmill, and John Brunner. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor, though customers with existing Midnight House and Darkside Press subscriptions will be given first priority. Only 500 copies will be sold, $40.00 the copy.

Contents:

Introduction by John Pelan
Story Notes: Phil Stephensen-Payne
Derelict of Space
Time to Rest
No Place Like Earth
In Outer Space There Shone a Star
But a Kind of a Ghost
The Cathedral Crypt
A Life Postponed
Technical Slip
Una
It's a Wise Child
Pillar to Post
The Stare
Time Stops Today
The Meddler
Blackmoil
A Long Spoon