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Wyndham, John
John Wyndham was a pioneering English science fiction writer. He is best known for his first four full novels being 'The Day of the Triffids' (1951), 'The Kraken Wakes' (1953), 'The Chrysalids' (1955) , and 'The Midwich Cuckoos' (1957). Of these it is the first, 'The Day of the Triffids' which is the best known today. It drew on Wyndham's experience as a fire watcher in the London Blitz. But it is 'The Chrysalids' which is often considered his best work. Its post nuclear dystopian oppression of women is an acknowledged source for Margaret Attwood's Handmaid's tale. Wyndham's themes have stood the test of time extremely well. Both with the accidental release of the genetic engineering of the Triffids and the (alien caused) global warming of the Kraken wakes.
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1951 The Day of the TriffidsLondon: 1951The first edition of John Wyndham's enormously influential work of science fiction, a work praised by Arthur C. Clarke as an 'immortal story'. -
1953 The Kraken WakesLondon: 1953The first edition of John Wyndham's apocalyptic science fiction novel. -
1958 The Kraken WakesLondon: 1958A near fine fourth impression copy of John Wyndham's popular apocalyptic sci-fi novel, following an alien invasion of earth. -
1959 The Outward Urge John Wyndham John Beynon Harris First Edition Lucas ParkesLondon: 1959The first edition of this science fiction fix-up novel by John Wyndham.