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John Wyndham

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John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works written using the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include *The Day of the Triffids* (1951) and *The Midwich Cuckoos* (1957), the latter filmed twice as *Village of the Damned*. **Source**: [John Wyndham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyndham) on Wikipedia. Source: Open Library

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    The Midwich Cuckoos

    by John Wyndham

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    Published: 2022

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    A 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.” “In my opinion, [John] Wyndham’s chef d’oeuvre . . . a graphic metaphor for the fear of unwanted pregnancies . . . I myself had a dream about a highly intelligent nonhuman baby after reading this book.”—Margaret Atwood, Slate COMING SOON TO AMC AS THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS: VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED What if the women of a sleepy English village all became simultaneously pregnant, and the children, once born, possessed supernatural—and possibly alien—powers? A mysterious silver object appears in quiet, picture-perfect Midwich. A day later, the object is gone—and all the women in the village, they will come to learn, are now pregnant. The resultant children of Midwich are shockingly, frighteningly other. Faced with these unfathomable and potentially unstoppable children, the question arises: What will humanity do when faced with the threat of the unknown?

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    The Day of the Triffids

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1951

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    The Chrysalids

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1955

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    Chocky

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1968

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    The Kraken Wakes

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1953

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    Trouble with Lichen

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1960

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    The Seeds of Time

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1956

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    Consider Her Ways and Others

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1961

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    Jizzle

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1954

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    The secret people

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1935

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    Wanderers of time

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1973

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    Myths of Ífè

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1921

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    Stowaway to Mars

    by John Wyndham

    Published: 1953

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