1. John Wyndham John Wyndham was born John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris in the village of Knowle, in Warwickshire. His father, George Beynon Harris, was a barrister. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/wyndham.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne John Wyndham (1903-1969) English science-fiction writer, who gained fame with his catastrophe novels The Day of the Triffids The Kraken Wakes (1953), and The Chrysalids (1955). The central theme in Wyndham's major works is the struggle for survival in extreme situations. His heroes are often ordinary people, who try to sustain civilized values, when the normal social system has collapsed. The famous American writer Stephen King has called Wyndham "perhaps the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced". "The way I came to miss the end of the world - well, the end of the world I had known for close on thirty years - was sheer accident: like a lot of survival, when you come to think of it. In the nature of things a good many somebodies are always in hospital, and the law of averages had picked on me to be one of them a week or so before. It might just as easily have been the week before that-in which case I´d not be writing now: I´d not be here at all." (from The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham was born John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris in the village of Knowle, in Warwickshire. His father, George Beynon Harris, was a barrister. Gertrude Parkes, Wyndham's mother, was the daughter of an ironmaster. Untill 1911, he lived in Edgbaston, Birmingham. When Wyndham was eight, his parents separated. Wyndham and his brother, Vivian Beynon Harris, who also became a writer, moved with their mother from place to place. However, their childhood was not unhappy; "we loved our mother and each other and we were as close as it is possible for a family to be," recalled Vivian Beynon Harris later.

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3. 100 Sf: #5: The Day Of The Triffids (1951) By John Wyndham John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (19031969) first published pulp stories in the 30s, but it wasn’t until this novel was published and he changed his http://100sf.blogspot.com/2006/10/5-day-of-triffids-1951-by-john-wyndham.html

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Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='Wyndham, John' Printer Friendly 762,298,123 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson encyclopedia Wyndham, John (redirected from John Wyndham Also found in: Wikipedia 0.30 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) English science fiction writer. He wrote The Day of the Triffids The Chrysalids The Midwich Cuckoos (1957). A recurrent theme in his work is people's response to disaster, whether caused by nature, aliens, or human error. Wyndham was born in Knowle, Warwickshire. He tried a number of careers in the early 1920s, and began writing short stories in 1925. After serving in the civil service and army during World War II, he started to write science fiction novels. In The Chrysalids The Midwich Cuckoos , all the women in an English village are made pregnant by an extraterrestrial agency and give birth to a frightening brood of children. Other titles are The Kraken Wakes (1953) and Trouble with Lichen hut(3) write_ads(AdsNum, 0)

5. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard: John Wyndham John Wyndham. (b.1903d.1969). John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris. Other Wyndham links. John Wyndham Archive Rhino s John Wyndham Page http://www.catch22.com/~espana/SFAuthors/SFW/Wyndham,John.php3

John Wyndham (b.1903-d.1969) John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris Other Wyndham links John Wyndham Archive Rhino's John Wyndham Page Bio Several of his works have been adapted for television and film Bibliography: Chocky June 1970 Penguin Books Paperback ISBN:0-140-03121-9 Amazon.co.uk The Chrysalids November 1969, Penguin Books 'new impression edition' Amazon.co.uk January 2000, Penguin Books Paperback ISBN:0-141-18147-8 Amazon.co.uk Consider Her Ways and Others Short story collection The Day of the Triffids January 1986, Ballantine Books Mass Market Paperback ISBN:0-345-32817-5 Amazon.com July 1999, Penguin Books Paperback ISBN:0-140-28553-9 Amazon.co.uk March 2000, Lightyear Press ISBN:0-899-68386-X Amazon.com Jizzle Short story collection The Kraken Wakes August 1995, Penguin Books Paperback ISBN:0-140-01075-0 Meteor Short story collection May 1991, Oxford University Press Paperback ISBN:0-194-21655-1 The Midwich Cuckoos Filmed twice as Village of the Damned August 1999, Lightyear Press Library Binding ISBN:0-899-68387-8

6. John Wyndham - SCIFIPEDIA John Wyndham (John Wyndham Lucas Parkes Beynon Harris) (1903–1969) wrote under various combinations of his many names, but is best known for his science http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/John_Wyndham

document.write(''); Current number of entries: 8,846 Article Discussion Edit History ... View RSS feed of New Pages John Wyndham <span class="SFPTagline"> From SCIFIPEDIA </span> John Wyndham (John Wyndham Lucas Parkes Beynon Harris) ( July 10 March 11 ) wrote under various combinations of his many names, but is best known for his science fiction as John Wyndham. He began writing SF during the , and most of his early work has a distinct pulp flavor, although he was a better stylist and created more realistic characters than most of his peers. Although several of his early works were set in outer space, Wyndham's first major work was The Day of the Triffids , also published as Revolt of the Triffids ), which combined aspects of an alien invasion novel with a traditional disaster story. After humanity is afflicted with nearly universal blindness, a mobile, carnivorous plant threatens to become the top of the food chain. Hollywood turned the story into a predictable monster movie , but the BBC produced a rarely seen but more loyal version. Recently

7. John Wyndham John Wyndham. AKA John Beynon Harris. Born 10Jul-1903 Birthplace Knowle, Warwickshire, England Died 11-Mar-1969 Location of death London, England http://www.nndb.com/people/426/000044294/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for John Wyndham AKA John Beynon Harris Born: 10-Jul Birthplace: Knowle, Warwickshire, England Died: 11-Mar Location of death: London, England Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: England Executive summary: The Day of the Triffids Military service: British Army (Royal Corps of Signals, cipher operator, WWII) Brother: Vivian Wife: Grace Wilson (m. 1963, until his death) High School: Blundell's School, Devon High School: Bedales School (1918-21) Author of books: The Day of the Triffids , novel) The Kraken Wakes , novel) Jizzle , short story anthology) The Chrysalids , novel) Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter , short story anthology) The Seeds of Time , short story anthology) The Midwich Cuckoos , novel, made into film The Village of the Damned The Trouble with Lichen , novel) Consider Her Countless Ways and Others , short story anthology) Chocky , novel) Do you know something we don't?

8. SFFaudio » John Wyndham John Wyndham’s classic tale of monsters from the deep, alien invasion, and ecological disaster comes alive in this fullcast BBC radio dramatization. http://www.sffaudio.com/?cat=524

9. John Wyndham@Everything2.com John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham in 1903, the son of a barrister. He started writing short stories intended for http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=John Wyndham

10. SF REVIEWS.NET: The Midwich Cuckoos / John Wyndham John Wyndham was one of the most prominent and influential British SF authors during the genre s formative years in that country. http://www.sfreviews.net/midwich.html

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13. John Wyndham - Wikipedia Translate this page John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris nacque nel villaggio di Knowle, non lontano da Birmingham e non mancò di sfruttare il suo chilometrico nome per http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyndham

John Wyndham Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Vai a: Navigazione cerca John Wyndham Knowle 10 luglio Londra 11 marzo ) ¨ stato uno scrittore inglese di romanzi di fantascienza Indice Biografia e Carriera letteraria I temi Gli adattamenti cinematografici e televisivi Bibliografia ... modifica Biografia e Carriera letteraria John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris nacque nel villaggio di Knowle , non lontano da Birmingham e non manc² di sfruttare il suo chilometrico nome per trarne diversi pseudonimi letterari quali John Benyon o J. B. Harris. Mancato avvocato, dopo aver tentato diverse strade con scarso successo, inizi² la sua carriera di scrittore nel , quando viene pubblicato il suo primo racconto, Worlds to Barter su una rivista statunitense . In questi primi racconti non mancano le incursioni nel campo del poliziesco , ma ¨ la fantascienza il genere nel quale Wyndham pian piano si specializza. ˆ in patria che pubblica il suo primo romanzo nel The Secret People , tradotto in italiano come Il popolo segreto , di stampo avventuroso e fantastico. Sullo stesso genere il dittico narrativo costituito da Avventura su Marte Planet Plane ) e I sopravvissuti di Marte The Sleepers of Mars ). La carriera di Wyndham subisce un arresto dovuto alla

14. John Wyndham: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati John Wyndham (19031969) è l autore inglese di numerosi libri di fantascienza alcuni divenuti dei classici come 1935, Le onde del Sahara (The secret people http://www.technorati.com/tag/john wyndham

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15. John Wyndham - David Higham Associates John Wyndham was born in 1903. He tried a number of careers, including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, and starting writing short stories in http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/John_Wyndham

by Client A-Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by Title A-Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by Category Fiction Non-Fiction Children Illustrators Drama Children's and Animation Comedy Radio Stage Film Poetry by Publication Date Recent Publications Forthcoming Publications John Wyndham Category : Fiction Agent Georgia Glover Other Rights Held By : Film Rights: Pollinger Agency; US Rights: Scott Meredith John Wyndham was born in 1903. He tried a number of careers, including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, and starting writing short stories in 1925. From 1930-1939 he wrote stories of various kinds under different names, almost exclusively for American publications, while also writing detective novels. After military service in the Second World War, he went back to his writing and decided to try a modified form of science fiction, a form he called `logical fantasy'. Several of his novels have become classics, including THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, THE CHRYSALIDS AND the KRAKEN WAKES. He died in 1969. View print-friendly version of this page Tiffany Murray Graham Greene J. M. Coetzee ... Armies of God: Islam and Empire on the Nile, 1869-1898

16. John Wyndham - Directory Of Lost Causes For instance, I remember thinking about the hypocrisy of the writer quite consciously whilst reading John Wyndham s The Day of the Triffids. http://my.opera.com/quentinscrisp/blog/index.dml/tag/John Wyndham

Skip navigation Explore Home Blogs ... Sign up username: password: remember Help Sign up Help Directory of Lost Causes Blog Archive Photos Links ... About Posts tagged with " John Wyndham The Inbuilt Hypocrisy of the Writer Saturday, 30. December 2006, 19:12:10 haiku Alan Moore writing John Wyndham Amongst the presents I got for Christmas this year was a copy of Alan Moore's From Hell , a graphic novel based on the story or legend of that seminal serial killer, Jack the Ripper. I found it to be a fascinating piece of work and I have, all of a sudden, conceived an interest in the Ripper case. However, I don't intend to write here about From Hell or Jack the Ripper. I mention From Hell because a certain section of it reminded me of something I've been meaning to write for a very long time. In Chapter Nine, the officer investigating the case expresses his disgust at the ghouls who have gathered at the scene of one of the murders, some of them selling souvenirs, such as walking sticks: "It's all a load of tom, shifting a few old walking sticks off the back of some poor murdered tart. And 'er barely cold. Makes me sick." He goes on to say: "Mark my words, in 'undred years there'll still be cunts like 'im, wrapping these killings up in supernatural twaddle. Making a living out of murder."

17. John Wyndham - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia john wyndham (July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969) was the pen name used by the often postapocalyptic British science fiction writer john wyndham Parkes Lucas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyndham_(writer)

John Wyndham From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from John Wyndham (writer) Jump to: navigation search For other persons named John Wyndham, see John Wyndham (disambiguation) John Wyndham July 10 March 11 ) was the pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic British science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris In his earlier writings, Wyndham used various combinations of his names, such as John Beynon or Lucas Parkes . For one of his books, The Outward Urge , he actually used both the names "John Wyndham" and "Lucas Parkes", pretending to be two collaborating authors. Contents Biography Life Major works Style ... edit Biography edit Life John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was born in the village of Knowle in Warwickshire England , but lived in Edgbaston in Birmingham until he was 8-years-old. At this point his parents - George Beynon Harris and Gertrude Parkes - separated. He and his brother, the writer Vivian Beynon Harris , had no settled home after this time. He was unhappy being shuttled through a series of English boarding schools, including Blundell's School in Devon during the First World War. His longest and final stay was at

18. John Wyndham A bibliography of john wyndham s books, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/john-wyndham/

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19. John Wyndham Archive The University of Liverpool Library, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, has acquired the archive of novelist john wyndham, author of The Day of The http://www.liv.ac.uk/~asawyer/wyndham.html

The John Wyndham Archive This page was updated on 11th May 2001. The University of Liverpool Library, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, has acquired the archive of novelist John Wyndham , author of The Day of The Triffids , and one of Britain's best-known science fiction writers. This archive, one of the most important in the field joins other special collections in the University's Sydney Jones Library, including the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, and the Olaf Stapledon Archive. The archive consists of a virtually complete collection of manuscripts and typescripts (including unpublished works) and letters. As a record of one of the most important British writers of the 1950s, it is of major importance to researchers and students both of science fiction and British post-War writing. Among the important items of this archive are: The original holograph manuscripts of The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes Corrected typescripts and proofs of The Chrysalids The Midwich Cuckoos and other novels Two unpublished sf novels, including an uncompleted sequel to

20. John Wyndham: The Day Of The Triffids Although wyndham never exactly explains why the meteor shower has left everyone blind, he gives enough clues to allow the reader to make a reasonable http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/wyndham.html

THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS by John Wyndham Reviewed by Steven H Silver If you only know about The Day of the Triffids from watching the 1963, Steve Sekely film, you are definitely missing something by ignoring the novel. Unlike the movie (as is nearly always the case), the novel has a chance to flesh out both characters and situations. Triffids, mobile carnivorous plants, have been known for several years by the time the novel opens. Kept in gardens around the world for their exoticness, most triffids are kept without their attack frond, which is capable of blinding and killing an human. Attacked by a triffid in his youth, Bill Masen has acquired a slight immunity to the plants as well as an interest in them. He worked at a triffid oil processing farm until a triffid attack left him blind. The novel opens with Masen in hospital the night before his bandages are to come off. During the night, he hears people exclaming about the most incredible meteor shower ever seen. A once in a lifetime event which he misses because he can't take off his bandages yet. The next morning, when Masen awakes, the world is strangely silent. When no one comes to remove his bandages, Masen does so himself. He discovers that somehow almost the entire world has gone blind. Although Wyndham never exactly explains why the meteor shower has left everyone blind, he gives enough clues to allow the reader to make a reasonable judgment. Wyndham also exposes the saying "In the Kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" to be false. Although Masen and others have their vision, they are also objects of desire for the blind. On several occassions, Masen finds himself captured, or nearly captured, by roving bands of blind men who need a sighted slave in order to survive.

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