The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

This book is about a post apocalyptic world returned back to the times of the horse and carriage seen through the eyes of a young boy. Deviations are punished or destroyed and what few books remained govern the way people think about change and the differences from the norm. The twists and turns in this rather short book as bought me back to it many times over the years, which is very unusual for me. It would make a great Spielberg movie with the authors descriptions of the scarred landscape and the characters being fantastic. you could really picture the trials and tribulations of these people. When the young boy David finds his closest friend has a sixth toe on each foot and is asked to keep it a secret from his god fearing tyrant of a father, he comes to question his own secrets and what would happen to him if anyone found out. I wont tell you the twist, but definitely recommend this read to anyone, young or old.

Surprisingly relevant for such an old book, and great fun to boot. The author writing is lucid - just the way I like it, and the characters are well formed. John Wyndham weaves a believable Post-apocalyptic world!

I really enjoyed that ride. 4.5

Español
Esta es una novela corta de ciencia ficción que se desarrolla en un mundo post apocalíptico en el que la humanidad lucha por reconstruir todo lo perdido durante una gran catástrofe, sin embargo, aquello perdido no es tan claro ya que la humanidad sobreviviente no cuenta con registros de las diversas tecnologías del mundo moderno. A todo esto, se le añaden unos elementos muy a lo X-men, así es, mutantes.

Ame demasiado este libro, me encanto, mi única queja va a ser que no tenemos más libros de este tema.

English
This is a science fiction short novel that takes place on a post-apocalyptic world in which humanity struggles to rebuild everything lost during a great catastrophe, however that what was lost is not so clear since the surviving humanity does not have records of the various technologies of the modern world. To all this, some very X-men elements are added, that's right, mutants.

I loved this book too much, I loved it, my only complaint is going to be that we don't have any more books on this subject.