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"In een Engels dorp leidt een reeks gelijktijdige zwangerschappen tot de geboorte van een hele generatie met geheimzinnige krachten, die het dorp gaat beheersen."
"In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone and everyone awakens unharmed--except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant."
"The children of Midwich are all blond, golden-eyed, grow up too fast, and were all conceived on a night when a silver object appeared and the Midwich inhabitants fell unconscious. Now the children are exhibiting frightening abilities that bring them into conflict with the other villagers."
"Richard and Janet Gayford happened to spend the night of September 26 in London, not returning to their home in the village of Midwich until the following day. Only they have difficulty getting back into Midwich, and - in ways that are difficult to isolate - the village does not seem to be the same place it was the day before. The nightmare that descends on Midwich has dire implications for the rest of the world, sowing the seeds of a master race of ruthless, inhuman creatures bent on total domination."@en
"In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone and everyone wakens unharmed - except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant.(Umschlagtext)."
"Classic science fiction. Midwich is a quiet English village. After a strange night, all the women find themselves pregnant. 10 yrs+"@en
"John Wyndham's 1957 book The Midwich Cuckoos is better known by the more sensational title of its two film adaptations, Village of the Damned. The story begins with Richard and Janet Gayford who have spent the night of September 26 in London, returning to their home in Midwich the following day. Then, in ways that are difficult to pin down, the village seems changed--not quite the same place that it was before. The nightmare that descends on Midwich has dire implications for the rest of the world; whatever dwells there is sowing the seeds for a master race of ruthless and inhumane creatures who are bent on nothing less than absolute and total domination.In Wyndam's classically elegant, calm style, this novel explores the arrival of a collective intelligence on earth that threatens to eliminate mankind. The quiet, eerie changes that befall Midwich manifest in strange ways; on the surface, everything seems normal, but scratch a little deeper and there is a clear sense of dread. After the night of September 26, every woman of childbearing age is pregnant, all to give birth at the same time, to children who are all alike--their eyes mesmerizing, void of emotion. These children are innately possessed with unimaginable mental powers and a formidable intelligence. It is these children who develop into an unstoppable force, capable of anything and far out-reaching other humans in cunning. The London Evening Standard called The Midwich Cuckoos "humane and urbane with a lightly sophisticated wit putting the ideas into shape." Wyndham skillfully heightens the terror by making his narrative so rational and matter-of-fact. In such a nuclear and technological age, Wyndam's story is rich in irony in that it is set in the picturesque, bucolic English Village and the "enemy", the threat, are seeming cherubim."
"Science fiction. In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone and everyone awakens unharmed - except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant. The resultant children of Midwich do not belong to their parents: all are blonde, all are golden eyed. They grow up too fast and their minds exhibit frightening abilities that give them control over others and brings them into conflict with the villagers just as a chilling realisation dawns on the world outside... The Midwich Cuckoos is the classic tale of aliens in our midst, exploring how we respond when confronted by those who are innately superior to us in every conceivable way."
"Cuckoos lay eggs in other birds' nests. The clutch that was fathered on the quiet little village of Midwich, on night in September, proved to possess a monstrous will of its own. It promised to make the human race look as dated as the dinosaur."@en

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"Electronic books"@en
"Electronic books"
"English fiction"
"Fantastyka naukowa angielska"
"Prirejene izdaje"
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Genres littéraires"
"Sci-fi"
"Vědecko-fantastické romány"
"Science fiction novels"
"Large type books"@en
"Science fiction"@en
"Science fiction"
"Children's stories"@en
"Vědecko-fantastické povídky"
"Romans (teksten)"
"Anglické romány"
"Tekstuitgave"
"Drama"@en

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"The Midwich Cuckoos (Village of the Damned)"@en
"The midwich cukoos"
"The village of the damned : [screenplay]"@en
"Kuckuckskinder : Roman"
"The village of the damned"
"Midwichské kukačky"
"Operatie koekoek"
"Yalde he-ḥalal : roman dimyoni"
"The Midwich cuckoos"@en
"The Midwich cuckoos"
"The Midwich Cuckoos"
"The Midwich Cuckoos"@en
"Village of the damned"@en
"Midwich Cuckoos"
"The midwich cuckoos"
"The midwich cuckoos"@en
"ילדי החלל : רומן דמיוני"
"The midwich Cuckoos"

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