{"product_id":"midwich-cuckoos","title":"Midwich Cuckoos","description":"\u003cb\u003eA genre-defining tale of first contact by one of the twentieth century's most brilliant--and neglected--science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called \"the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if the women of a sleepy English village all became mysteriously and simultaneously pregnant--and the children, once born, possessed supernatural (and possibly alien) powers?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A mysterious silver object appears in the sleepy English village of Midwich, and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone and everyone wakes up unharmed--except that all the women in the village are now pregnant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The resultant children of Midwich are blond, possess golden eyes, grow at an abnormally fast pace, and exhibit telekinetic abilities: they are shockingly, frighteningly Other. As their powers bring them into conflict with the villagers, news of other eerie, golden-eyed children in Russia and China reaches Midwich. Faced with the unknowable--and potentially unstoppable--threat of these children, the question arises: What will humanity do when faced with the threat of the unknown?","brand":"John Wyndham (Author), Kelly Link (Introduction by)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42772799389923,"sku":"9780593450123","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0356\/3906\/6759\/products\/9780593450123-us.jpg?v=1650307876","url":"https:\/\/littleprofessorbookshop.com\/products\/midwich-cuckoos","provider":"Little Professor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}