Joan and her strange quest should have prepared them better for the fantastic world that waited far out in the darkness of space. But the men from Earth were from a relatively young and hopeful civilisation, while Mars was a dying planet. Its inhabitants knew they could survive in one way only — a way too abhorrent for the Earthmen to comprehend. Only Joan realised they might have a lesson to learn from the Martian race. For one day Earth would die, too…
This early novel from a classic science fiction writer shows the brilliant visionary talent that later produced THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS and THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS.
John Wyndham catapults the reader of these stories into a world where time barriers have ceased to exist, where there is discrimination against Martians, where not only thought transference but body transference is an everyday event. Yet so convincing are the inhabitants of this extraordinary world, that its remoteness vanishes in a second.
In a city much like New York, a series of identical women are found dead in suspicious circumstances. Magazine photographer Johnny Farthing, who is reporting on the suspected murders, is chilled to discover that his fiancée looks identical to the victims too – and then she disappears. As his investigations spiral beyond his control, he finds himself at the heart of a sinister plot that uses cloning to revive the Nazi vision of a worId-powerful master race…
Part detective noir, part dystopic thriller, Plan for Chaos reveals the legendary science fiction novelist grappling with some of his most urgent and personal themes.