Which science fiction novel of 1957 by John Wyndham tells the story of a mysterious object whcih appears in a village and then disappears again leaving all the women of the village pregnant ?
Village of the Damned (1960 film) Village of the Damned (1960 film) Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction horror film by German director Wolf Rilla. The film is adapted from the novel "The Midwich Cuckoos" (1957) by John Wyndham. The lead role of Professor Gordon Zellaby was played by George Sanders. A sequel, "Children of the Damned" (1964), followed, as did a remake, also called "Village of the Damned" (1995). The inhabitants of the British village of Midwich suddenly fall unconscious, as does anyone entering the village. The military establishes a cordon around Midwich and sends in a man wearing a gas
The Village by the Sea fits into the intricate, multi-layered pattern of the novel." The Village by the Sea The Village by the Sea: an Indian family story is a novel for young people by the Indian writer Anita Desai, published in London by Heinemann in 1982. It is based on the poverty, hardships and sorrow faced by a small rural, community in India. Desai won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a book award judged by a panel of British children's writers. Penguin published a US edition in 1984. "The Village by the Sea" is set in a small village called Thul in Western