Wyndham was one of Britain's greatest SF writers. He mastered the concept of bringing the strange and eerie into mild-mannered Britain at roughly the same time Ray Bradbury was doing it to the United States.
One of my favourite childhood authors along with C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, and Rosemary Sutcliffe. The worlds those authors created helped keep my soul alive until I came alive to the search for soul and coming home to new becoming.
I have read 'The Chrysalids', having discovered it on the shelf at one of my rentals. I found it memorable, but very dark in its conclusions. There was a disturbing parallel between the protagonist's father and the Zealand woman in how they regarded the physically 'flawed' mutants. I have always wondered if the darkness in the ending was deliberate or if the author didn't notice the parallel he created.
Wyndham was one of Britain's greatest SF writers. He mastered the concept of bringing the strange and eerie into mild-mannered Britain at roughly the same time Ray Bradbury was doing it to the United States.
One of my favourite childhood authors along with C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, and Rosemary Sutcliffe. The worlds those authors created helped keep my soul alive until I came alive to the search for soul and coming home to new becoming.
Thanks for posting this!
It would be great if more
people would read him,
especially
"The Day of the Triffids"
and
"Village of the Dammed",
they are great commentaries as well
as great Sci-fi!
I have read 'The Chrysalids', having discovered it on the shelf at one of my rentals. I found it memorable, but very dark in its conclusions. There was a disturbing parallel between the protagonist's father and the Zealand woman in how they regarded the physically 'flawed' mutants. I have always wondered if the darkness in the ending was deliberate or if the author didn't notice the parallel he created.
Thanks again for John Wyndham ( my favourite) review and thoughts .