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John Wyndham
(John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris)
(1903 - 1969)aka John Beynon, John Beynon Harris, Johnson Harris, Lucas Parkes, Wyndham Parkes
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon 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.
Genres: Science Fiction
Novels
The Curse of the Burdens (1927) (as by John Beynon Harris)
Foul Play Suspected (1935) (as by John Beynon)
The Secret People (1935) (as by John Beynon Harris)
Stowaway to Mars (1935) (as by John Beynon)
aka Planet Plane
The Day of the Triffids (1951)
aka Revolt of the Triffids
The Kraken Wakes (1953)
aka Out of the Deeps
The Chrysalids (1955)
aka Re-Birth
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957)
Trouble with Lichen (1960)
The Outward Urge (1961) (as by Lucas Parkes)
Chocky (1968)
Web (1979)
Plan for Chaos (2009)
Foul Play Suspected (1935) (as by John Beynon)
The Secret People (1935) (as by John Beynon Harris)
Stowaway to Mars (1935) (as by John Beynon)
aka Planet Plane
The Day of the Triffids (1951)
aka Revolt of the Triffids
The Kraken Wakes (1953)
aka Out of the Deeps
The Chrysalids (1955)
aka Re-Birth
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957)
Trouble with Lichen (1960)
The Outward Urge (1961) (as by Lucas Parkes)
Chocky (1968)
Web (1979)
Plan for Chaos (2009)
Collections
Jizzle (1954)
The Seeds of Time (1956)
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter (1956)
Consider Her Ways (1961)
The Infinite Moment (1961)
The Moon Era (1967) (with Murray Leinster and Jack Williamson)
The Best of John Wyndham 1951-1960 (1973)
Sleepers of Mars (1973)
Wanderers of Time (1973)
The Man from Beyond (1975)
The Best of John Wyndham 1932-1949 (1975)
Exiles on Asperus (1979)
Meteor (1991)
No Place Like Earth (2003)
Logical Fantasy (2024)
Technical Slip: Collected Stories (2024)
The Seeds of Time (1956)
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter (1956)
Consider Her Ways (1961)
The Infinite Moment (1961)
The Moon Era (1967) (with Murray Leinster and Jack Williamson)
The Best of John Wyndham 1951-1960 (1973)
Sleepers of Mars (1973)
Wanderers of Time (1973)
The Man from Beyond (1975)
The Best of John Wyndham 1932-1949 (1975)
Exiles on Asperus (1979)
Meteor (1991)
No Place Like Earth (2003)
Logical Fantasy (2024)
Technical Slip: Collected Stories (2024)
Novellas and Short Stories
The Lost Machine (1932)
The Venus Adventure (1932)
Spheres of Hell (1933) (as by John Beynon Harris)
Dumb Martian (1952)
Survival (1952)
The Wheel (1952)
More Spinned Against (1953)
Affair of the Heart (1954)
But a Kind of Ghost (1957)
The Venus Adventure (1932)
Spheres of Hell (1933) (as by John Beynon Harris)
Dumb Martian (1952)
Survival (1952)
The Wheel (1952)
More Spinned Against (1953)
Affair of the Heart (1954)
But a Kind of Ghost (1957)
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by John Wyndham
Holy Ghosts (2023)
Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny
(British Library Tales of the Weird, book 38)
edited by
Fiona Snailham
Moonrise (2018)
The Golden Age of Lunar Exploration
(British Library Science Fiction Classics)
edited by
Mike Ashley
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Award nominations
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John Wyndham recommends
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (1959)
Brian Aldiss
"Anyone who likes to see an intelligent imagination weave people and ideas together and finish the result with craftsmanship, should enjoy The Canopy of Time."
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