The Best of John Wyndham, 1932-1949
By John Wyndham
2023
First Published
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170
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7 • Introduction (The Best of John Wyndham) • (1973) • essay by Leslie Flood 13 • The Lost Machine • (1932) • novelette by John Wyndham 37 • The Man from Beyond • (1934) • novelette by John Wyndham (aka The Man from Earth) 70 • The Perfect Creature • (1937) • novelette by John Wyndham 99 • The Trojan Beam • (1939) • novelette by John Wyndham 133 • Vengeance by Proxy • (1940) • shortstory by John Wyndham [as by John Beynon ] 147 • Adaptation • (1949) • shortstory by John Wyndham 169 • Bibliography (The Best of John Wyndham) • (1973) • essay by Gerald Bishop
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Author
John Wyndham
Author · 30 books
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon 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.
