He worked during the war as a government censor for the Ministry of Information.Īfter World War II, the author began writing under the pen name John Wyndham. He continued writing until 1939, when World War II came to Britain. His first novel was The Secret People (1935), a juvenile science fiction novel set in an underground world (“Wyndham, John"). After trying a few careers, including farming, law, art, and advertising, he began writing in 1925 in 1931 he began selling his short stories to American science-fiction pulp magazines under the pen name John Beynon or John Beynon Harris. He was then sent to a private boarding school, the Bedales School in Hampshire. When he was 8 years old his parents divorced. He grew up in the Birmingham suburb of Edgbaston. The above Bibliographic information is specific to this book which is being listed for sale.John Wyndham was born John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris in England in 1903.Read Best & Top Books related to this item The customers who have bought this product can write your best reviews and suggest the product if the item's price is low which would be helpful for the buyers interested to purchase.The product description posted here by sellers would be updated based on the Customer's feedback, if the details are not accurate. The Secret People by Wyndham, John Book reviews and ratings are trustworthy and the product description given above is true to the best.For imported books, the price may change frequently due to exchange rates. The Price of this product may change due to the reprinting of the book or by the publisher.
Table of Contents, Index, Syllabus, summary and image of The Secret People book may be of a different edition or of the same title.The Secret People Book is not for reading online or for free download in PDF or eBook format.Literature Fiction, Contemporary Fiction Book is recommended for Students, Teachers, Graduates, Professionals, and all bibliophiles Page count varies on each edition/reprint The Secret People, published in 1935, is John Wyndham's first novel.'Perhaps the best writer of science fiction England has ever produced' Stephen King Captured and forced to live with other prisoners taken from the surface, the pair know that they must escape before the waters above drown them all. They could look right down into the hollow of spinning water' While flying over Africa's New Sea, a water project in the heart of the Sahara desert, Mark Sunnet's rocket plane crashes and is sucked through a hole in the desert floor into a strange, cavernous new world.There, he and his partner Margaret encounter the survivors of an ancient race of underground dwellers whose whole existence is now threatened. Was beginning to travel fast, close to the edge of the whirlpool.
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