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Sci fi, horror, dystopian...? A bit of all of them.
This is a straightforward and somewhat leisurely story that touches on very deep and difficult themes, mostly indirectly, but explicitly in the last quarter.
Typical English Idyll
Midwich is a sleepy English village in the late 1950s. One day, everyone in the village blacks out. They awake, apparently unharmed, only to discover that all the fertile women are pregnant - but the children they give birth to are not like other human children, and turn ...more
This is a straightforward and somewhat leisurely story that touches on very deep and difficult themes, mostly indirectly, but explicitly in the last quarter.
Typical English Idyll
Midwich is a sleepy English village in the late 1950s. One day, everyone in the village blacks out. They awake, apparently unharmed, only to discover that all the fertile women are pregnant - but the children they give birth to are not like other human children, and turn ...more
First off, I don't think I'd ever feel so violated as to waking up one morning pregnant with some alien demon child... *shudder*
This is a fairly compelling read, if a bit dry and winding at times, maybe because a lot of it seems like Wyndham got excited about a "What If?" scenario and used this book to give long opinionated paragraphs on the subject. ...more
This is a fairly compelling read, if a bit dry and winding at times, maybe because a lot of it seems like Wyndham got excited about a "What If?" scenario and used this book to give long opinionated paragraphs on the subject. ...more
This is what I think science fiction should be. The effects of the Children on the community were very thought provoking. I plan to read more of his work
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