John Wyndham (1903–1969)
Author of The Day of the Triffids
About the Author
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Works by John Wyndham
The John Wyndham Omnibus: The Day of the Triffids, The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids (1964) 67 copies
The Trojan Beam 4 copies
Close Behind Him [short fiction] 3 copies
The Stare 3 copies
Triffidien kapina tieteisromaani 2 copies
Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen (123): Brüder unter fremder Sonne - Wenn der Krake erwacht (1991) — Author — 2 copies
Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen (107): Die Triffids - Die Expedition der "Space Beagle". [plus illustrierter Anhang:… (1988) 2 copies
Urania Millemondi 1972 2 copies
O Dia das Trífides 2 copies
A Aldeia dos Malditos 2 copies
Vivos: 20% 2 copies
John Wyndham Omnibus 2 2 copies
The John Wyndham Collection in Slipcase (The Chrysalids, Chocky, The Seeds of Time, The Kracken Wakes, Trouble with… (1994) 2 copies
Adaptation 2 copies
Semillas del tiempo 1 copy
The day of the Triffids 1 copy
I racconti del tempo 1 copy
The Kraken Awakens 1 copy
John Wyndham. Le Temps cassé : Ethe Seeds of timee, nouvelles traduites de l'américain par Elisabeth… (1956) 1 copy
The World of John Wyndham 1 copy
Curse of the Burdens 1 copy
The Venus Adventure 1 copy
Mutanti e mutazioni 1 copy
Novels of John Wyndham 1 copy
The Triffids 1 copy
Amazing Stories 1 copy
Les Transofromés 1 copy
The Wanderers of Time 1 copy
The Moon Devils 1 copy
The Lost Machine 1 copy
Collected Novels 1 copy
Планета в подарок (сборник) 1 copy
Wyndham Trilogy 1 copy
Science-Fiction-Stories 42 1 copy
De werelden van Barter 1 copy
Vengeance By Proxy 1 copy
The Red Stuff 1 copy
Das Dorf der Verdammten 1 copy
" Zolotoglazye". 1 copy
Associated Works
Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2018) — Contributor — 49 copies
Science fiction verhalen [1969] — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies
The Day of the Triffids [1981 film] — Original book — 12 copies
New Worlds Science Fiction 75, September 1958 — Contributor — 3 copies
Un passo avanti e due indietro — Contributor — 3 copies
Otte Science Fiction Noveller — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Gateway To The Stars: A Science Fiction Anthology — Contributor — 2 copies
Fantasy Fiction Magazine, June 1953 (Vol. 1, No. 2) — Contributor — 2 copies
Great tales of adventure: A selection of condensed novels and full-length short stories (1982) — Contributor — 1 copy
Weird Tales Volume 49 Number 2, Winter 1985 — Contributor — 1 copy
Kaleidoskop II — Author, some editions — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Harris, John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon
- Other names
- Beynon, John (pen name)
Parkes, Lucas (pen name)
Wyndham, John (pen name)
Harris, Johnson (pen name)
Beynon-Harris, John (pen name) - Birthdate
- 1903-07-10
- Date of death
- 1969-03-11
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Dorridge, Knowle, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Oakridge House, Mill Lane, Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Knowle, Warwickshire, England, UK (birthplace)
Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
London, England, UK
Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK - Education
- Bedales School
- Occupations
- government official
soldier
author
farmer
commercial artist
advertising executive - Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Royal Corps of Signals
Ministry of Information - Short biography
- Born in the village of Knowle in Warwickshire, England. After leaving school, Wyndham tried several careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, but mostly relied on an allowance from his family. He eventually turned to writing for money in 1925, and by 1931 was selling short stories and serial fiction to American science fiction pulp magazines, most under the pen names of 'John Beynon' or 'John Beynon Harris'. After WWII Wyndham returned to writing. Using the John Wyndham pen name for the first time, he wrote the novel The Day of the Triffids. The book proved to be an enormous success and established Wyndham as an important exponent of science fiction. He went on to write and publish six more novels.John Wyndham wrote several short stories before World War II under various names, including Lucas Parkes, John Harris, and Lucas Beynon. It was not until after the war that he began to focus on the themes of disaster, invasion, and evolution under the name of John Wyndham and created two of the most well-known stories of our time – The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos. John Wyndham died in 1969, but his works continue to be read as classics of speculative fiction.
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