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John Wyndham






John Wyndham

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born
July 10, 1903

died
March 11, 1969

gender
male

place of birth
Knowle, Warwickshire, The United Kingdom

genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


about this author

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was the son of a barrister. After trying a number of careers, including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, he started writing short stories in 1925. After serving in the civil Service and the Army during the war, he went back to writing. Adopting the name John Wyndham, he started writing a form of science fiction that he called 'logical fantasy. As well as The Day of the Triffids, he wrote The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos (filmed as Village of the Damned) and The Seeds of Time.




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avg rating: 3.84 | 4,820 ratings | 441 reviews | 45 distinct works | 25 fans
The Day of the Triffids The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.98 — 1,467 ratings — published 1951
48 editions
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The Chrysalids The Chrysalids
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.87 — 1,054 ratings — published 1955
27 editions
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The Midwich Cuckoos The Midwich Cuckoos
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.90 — 426 ratings — published 1957
25 editions
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The Kraken Wakes The Kraken Wakes
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.63 — 276 ratings — published 1953
12 editions
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Chocky Chocky (Puffin Books)
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.71 — 263 ratings — published 1968
11 editions
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Trouble with Lichen Trouble with Lichen
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.57 — 200 ratings — published 1960
10 editions
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The Seeds of Time The Seeds of Time
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.60 — 100 ratings — published 1956
3 editions
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Consider Her Ways and Others Consider Her Ways and Others
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.64 — 81 ratings — published 1961
2 editions
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Web Web
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.32 — 68 ratings — published 1979
9 editions
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Stowaway to Mars Stowaway to Mars
by John Wyndham
avg rating 3.08 — 25 ratings — published 1935
5 editions
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"It must be, I thought, one of the race's most persistent and comforting hallucinations to trust that "it can't happen here" -- that one's own time and place is beyond cataclysm."
John Wyndham (The Day of the Triffids)
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"Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence."
John Wyndham (The Day of the Triffids)
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"We all have our youthful follies, embarassing to recall -- but people somehow find it hard to dismiss as a youthful folly anything that has happened to be a financial success."
John Wyndham (The Day of the Triffids)
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