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Bumping to W-Authors:
John Wyndham. Every one of his 1001 list books are great: Chocky, The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos. Classic sciece fiction with a very subtle sense of humor.
-- M1001 ... Death of Grass
Arthur C. Clarke - The City and the Stars
Robert A. Heinlein - The Door Into Summer
John Wyndham - The Midwich cuckoos
Brian W. Aldiss - Non-Stop
James Blish - A Case of Conscience
Robert A. Heinlein - Have Space-Suit -- Will Travel
Philip K. Dick - Time Out ... ... from characterisations to universally held opinions etc. And these things are encountered everywhere. I recently reread The Midwich cuckoos, which is excellent--and also provides a great snapshot of the "image" of the English housewife of the time. John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar is also ... ... get around to it. Five that come to mind are
Excession by Iain M. Banks, Hunter of Worlds by C. J. Cherryh, The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov, and Kemlo and the Martian Ghosts by E. C. Elliott.
I like John Wyndham's novels, especialy Midwich Cuckoos but my M novel is The Mayor of Casterbridge for its plot twists and turns until the Mayor in the title get his comeuppance losing his wealth and social standing. ... from the main story. I appreciate a good context for a story but not when it keeps stepping in the way.
Close second is Midwich Cuckoos, because John Wyndham is an awesome, funny writer and this is one of his best books.
-- M1001. ... Geras - (Ghost Story)(95 pages)
7. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - (Mystery)(288 Pages)
8. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham - (Sci-Fi)(220 pages)
9. Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean - (Adventure)(343 pages)
10. Atlantis by David Gibbins - (Thriller) ... ... but there are some straight readings. Currently they are working through The House on the Borderland and are starting Midwich Cuckoos today (which should be available for listen again starting tomorrow). I'm going to be really horrible and jump in to claim that one. It was a great book, but I loved The Midwich Cuckoos even more. Has anyone read that? ... ghurst
The Voyage Out, by Virginia Woolf
Silk, by Alessandro Baricco (with a barfy Kiera Knightly movie tie-in cover)
Midwich Cuckoos, by John Wyndham
Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast, by Bill Richardson
History of Danish Dreams, by Peter Hoeg, ... Midwich Cuckoos would be nice. And, on the poetry front, have they ever done any substantive treatments of T. S. Eliot? I also agree with The Midwich Cuckoos, but my other recommendation would be Shrine by James Herbert. It's been years & years since I read this as not much more than a kidlet myself, so I may feel differently now but I remember feeling genuinely scared reading it. Hmmm, may have to dig it ... ... style="height:110px; border:1px solid black;"src="http://www.librarything.com/i/covers/med/2580512-m.jpg" />
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
What can I say… I adore this story!
No John Wyndham? Where's The Day of the Triffids or The Midwich Cuckoos?
Agree with LamSon that the lack of a Ray Bradbury novel on the list is an oversight too.
Although I haven't read it, my father, who loves his 1950s scifi, recommended a book to me by Fred Hoyle called The Black ... Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham are next for me. I know there are many better examples, but right now my mind is stuck on The Midwich Cuckoos (AKA Village of the Damned).
Doh! Beeg beat me to the punch! Well, there's The Bad Seed, but that's a movie not a book. The Midwich Cuckoos or as the movie called it - Village of the damned is pretty good too. Nothing says creepy like kidlets in charge. ... pages)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - (Mystery)(288 Pages)
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham - (Sci-Fi)(220 pages)
Continued at post #35 ... glad you liked Web, I'm a big Wyndham fan and this one isn't well known. Most people say oh The Day of the Triffids or The Midwich Cuckoos when you mention the author.
As recommendations for horror how about James Herbert. Some of his earlier works might indeed rot your brain, they'r ... ... described weren't necessarily without interest, but I just got a feeling of 'gentleness' throughout.
(68.) The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham (220pp)
Why is a classic, a classic? Another read that I know will never dissapoint. I'm still trying to get through Darwin's Radio ... ... moved onto classic Gothic horror, sci-fi and modern classics such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos, The Great Gatsby, Animal Farm etc. I've always had quite eclectic tastes, even from a very young age, and continue to try and vary my reading.
I ... ... Wharton
91. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
92. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
93. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
94. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
95. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin ... be and a close second to the ones above.
This year, my favorite author that I had never read is John Wyndham. I read The Midwich Cuckoos, The Day of the Triffids and Chocky, and liked all of them very much.
-- M1001 ... immediately stand out in my mind are:
Atonement
Northanger Abbey
Disgrace
An Artist of the Floating World
The Midwich Cuckoos
There are plenty of other books on the list which I love and have read, but most of them are not ones I read this year!
I think the reason why ... ... them had different titles than the books:
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, (which became "Apocalypse Now")
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, (which became "Village of the Damned")
"The Body," a novella in the collection Different Seasons by Stephen King, (which ... ... 58 (Nickelini): I *love* John Wynham! He is one of my favorite discoveries since I started reading the 1001 list. Midwich Cuckoos is great and you should also check out Chocky and Day of the Triffids. All of them are great stories.
Message 62 (AllieW): Thanks for the opinion on ... ... to actually read anything!), I found another book on the list that I've never heard of that may fill your horror category. The Midwich Cuckoos, by John Wynham sounds very interesting. It has been made into a movie twice, and one of them was called The Village of the Damned, which I have ... ... I think the first one isn't the one she won the Booker prize for; I'm curious to know what was deemed worthy.
32. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham (224p). I think that's Wyndham done now; I'll write-up my experiences of his writing soon.
33. Memento Mori by Muriel Spark ... ... John Wyndham books I had culled from my library years ago and have regretted doing so ever since:
Trouble with Lichen
The Midwich Cuckoos
The Seeds of Time
The Chrysalids
All this for $14.00. I LOVE used bookstores!!!
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