The Seeds of Time is a collection of science fiction stories (five short stories and five novelettes) by British writer John Wyndham, published in 1956 by Michael Joseph. The title is presumably from Macbeth, Act I Scene III.
"The Chronoclasm" (1953), novelette, variant of "Chronoclasm"
"Pillar to Post" (1951), novelette
"Dumb Martian" (1952), novelette
"Compassion Circuit" (1954)
"Survival" (1952), novelette
"Pawley's Peepholes" (1951)
"Opposite Number" (1954)
"Wild Flower" (1955)
"Time to Rest" (1949), as by John Beynon, Bert #1 series[1]
"Meteor" (1941), novelette, as by John Beynon
Summariesedit
"Chronoclasm"
a time-travelling romantic comedy.
"Pillar to Post"
The central character is a paraplegic who was badly injured in a wartime attack. Frequently taking drugs to cope with the pain, he finds himself in a healthy body very far in the future. A complex plot of body-swapping and time travel ensues. It is considered by some people to be the best story in the collection.[2]
which explores the tension between nature and technology.
"Time to Rest"
depicting the life on Mars of a human survivor of the destruction of Earth. A sequel "No Place Like Earth"[1] appears in the collection No Place Like Earth (2003), which contains both.
"Meteor"
in which alien visitors to Earth find themselves on a very different scale to humans.
"No Place Like Earth" (1965), episode of the series Out of the Unknown, directed by Peter Potter, based on short story "Time to Rest" and novelette "No Place on Earth"[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcBould, Mark (18 January 2015). "Out of the Unknown: 'No Place Like Earth' (BBC2 4 October 1965)". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^www.dooyoo.co.uk (3 July 2006). . Dooyoo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
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