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Chocky

By John Wyndham
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Chocky by John Wyndham delves into the mysterious relationship between a young boy named Matthew and an unseen presence that claims to be from another world. This entity, Chocky, challenges Matthew's thoughts and ideas, puzzling his family and raising questions about the nature of consciousness and communication. The story combines elements of sci-fi and family life, exploring themes of identity and understanding.
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Chocky

Matthew's parents are worried. At eleven, he's much too old to have an imaginary friend, yet they find him talking to and arguing with a presence that even he admits is not physically there. This presence - Chocky - causes Matthew to ask difficult questions and say startling things: he speaks of complex mathematics and mocks human progress.

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New to Penguin Modern Classics, to tie in with the release of the Steven Spielberg film, and with a new introduction by Brian Aldiss.

Matthew's parents are worried. At eleven, he's much too old to have an imaginary friend, yet they find him talking to and arguing with a presence that even he admits is not physically there. This presence — Chocky — causes Matthew to ask difficult questions and say startling things; he speaks of complex mathematics and mocks human progress.

Then, when Matthew does something incredible, it seems there is more than the imaginary about Chocky. Which is when others become interested and ask questions of their own — who is Chocky? And what could it want with an eleven-year-old boy?

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Chocky by John Wyndham explores the intriguing concept of a child communicating with a mysterious alien presence. Reviewers often highlight the book's thought-provoking examination of childhood imagination, alien intelligence, and individuality. The narrative is praised for its gentle yet gripping storytelling, capturing both the wonder and anxiety that accompany such a unique encounter.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141191492

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 March 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 126g

Pages: 160

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Fiction General Fiction John Wyndham Penguin Books Penguin Classics Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903. He tried a number of careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, and started writing short stories in 1925. From 1930 to 1939 he wrote stories under different names, almost exclusively for American publications, while also writing detective novels. During the war he was in the Civil Service and then the Army. In 1946 he went back to writing stories and decided to try a modified form of science fiction, a form he called 'logical fantasy'. He died in March 1969. Poet, playwright, critic, fiction and science-fiction writer Brian Aldiss was born in 1925 in Dereham, Norfolk, and is the author of more than seventy-five books. He lives in Oxford and was awarded an OBE in 2005 for Services to Literature

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