The Outward Urge
1959
First Published
3.32
Average Rating
187
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First edition paperback original. Collection of four "Troon Family" novelettes; each tells the tale of the next generation of Troon men as they set out to explore the unknown. Includes "The Space Station A.D. 1994"; "The Moon A.D. 2044"; "Mars A.D. 2094"; and "Venus A.D. 2144." Both "John Wyndham" and "Lucas Parkes" were pseudonyms of English science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (1903 - 1969).
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Authors
John Wyndham
Author · 30 books
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was the son of a barrister. After trying a number of careers, including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, he started writing short stories in 1925. After serving in the civil Service and the Army during the war, he went back to writing. Adopting the name John Wyndham, he started writing a form of science fiction that he called 'logical fantasy'. As well as The Day of the Triffids, he wrote The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos (filmed as Village of the Damned) and The Seeds of Time.
