JOHN WYNDHAM

BIO

John Wyndham was born on July 10^th, 1903 in Knowle, Warwickshire, England. He grew up in Edgbaston, Birmingham (among other parts of England) and began writing in 1925. He served in the English Civil Service and British Army during WWII, and resumed his writing career in 1946. John Wyndham married his wife, Grace Wilson, in 1963. Did I neglect to mention that he is one of the best science fiction authors ever? Unfortunately, John Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris Wyndham (he used various combinations of his many given names as pseudonyms) was taken from us on March 11^th, 1969.

WORKS

_{* denotes the books that I possess}

1935: *The Secret People
1936: *Stowaway to Mars
1945: Love in Time (play)
1951: *The Day of the Triffids
1953: *The Kraken Wakes (also published as Out of the Deeps)
1954: Jizzle (short stories)
1955: *The Chrysalids (also published as *Rebirth)
1956: *The Seeds of Time (short stories)
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter (based on Jizzle)
1957: *The Midwich Cuckoos (better known as Village of the Damned)
1959: *The Outward Urge (related short stories)
1960: *The Trouble with Lichen
1961: *Consider Her Ways and Others (short stories)
The Infinite Moment (mainly previously published stories)
1968: *Chocky
1973: The Wanderers of Time (short stories)
The Sleepers of Mars (short stories)
The Triffids (based on Day of the Triffids)
The Best of John Wyndham:1932-1949 (short stories)
1979: *Web
*Exiles on Asperus (short stories)
1985: The Best of John Wyndham:1951-1960 (short stories)
19??: Meteor
A Sense of Wonder

MOVIES made from his books include:
Village of the Damned (1960, 1995)
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Children of the Damned (1963; a sequel to 1960's Village of the Damned.)
Quest for Love (1971)

LINKS

James Dawe's John Wyndham page- probably the best page on the Net. Includes plot synopsis and lots of links.

Stephen Kymlicka's John Wyndham page- another useful resource.

Alpha Ralpha Boulevard- also has John Wyndham!

John Wyndham Archive- located at the University of Liverpool's Sydney Jones Library.

Wanna join a John Wyndham mailing list? Try contacting Phil Stephenson.

Need to get your hands on some of these great titles? Try the Advanced Book Exchange, Chapters, Amazon, Internet Movie Database or eBay!

Š2000 Veronica Savage,vsavage@sprint.ca