Logical Fantasy: The Many Worlds of John Wyndham

This is one for the John Wyndham completists! Includes some of his rarer short stories in a high quality hardback.

An impressive collection of 18 stories by John Wyndham. I was hooked as soon as I realized that he wrote "The Day of the Triffids" as well as the novel that gave us the movie "The Village of the Damned".Each story in the collection features unexpectedly strong characters dealing with surprisingly unanticipated situations that leave the reader with something to think over. These stories reminded me of a more serious version of the Japanese author Shin’ichi Hoshi’s famous humorous short-short stories.- The Lost Machine - A sentient machine from Mars learns about life on Earth the hard way.- The Spheres of Hell - Terrorists attempt to destroy a country with a bioengineered fungus.- The Man From Beyond - The last human in the universe in the far future on Venus.- Beyond the Screen - An inventor creates a mysterious field that protects England, with unexpected side-effects.- Child of Power - A random biological mutation gives a child incredible extra senses…- The Living Lies - A disturbing tale about use of technology to unfairly stay in power on Venus.- The Eternal Eve - Survivors on Venus after the destruction of the Earth.- Pawley’s Peepholes - How to deal with annoying spectral time travelers from the future…- The Wheel - Heretical beliefs on a post apocalyptic Earth.- Survival - Another disturbing tale about the cost of survival in a damaged and isolated spacecraft.- The Chinese Puzzle - Dragons in Wales with an unexpectedly humorous conclusion.- Perforce to Dream - One of the outcomes of literally shared dreams…- Never on Mars - What really happened to the first human to successfully return to Earth after visiting Mars?- Compassion Circuit - Watch out for what you ask for, since you might get it…- Brief to Counsel - Second sight can be costly indeed…- Odd - Unexpected effects of unexpected time travel…- A Stitch in Time - More unanticipated time travel…I completely recommend this to thoughtful readers that like speculative or science fiction which has a philosophical twist in the plot. I thank Subterranean Press for kindly providing a temporary electronic review copy of this work.