Hidden Wyndham
Book description
Until now, little was known of John Wyndham. Despite his popularity, his obsessive need for privacy led to him being known as "the invisible man of science fiction".
He redefined the genre with dystopian classics The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos. In Hidden Wyndham, Amy Binns reveals…
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John Wyndham changed my life. I read Wyndham’s The Night of the Triffids when I was thirteen: it ignited a craving of my own to write apocalyptic novels like Wyndham.
This wonderful biography of Wyndham charts his path from awkward, maybe even almost otherworldly boy to the maelstrom of World War 2, where he was plunged into battles to free Europe from the Nazis. These harrowing experiences surely shaped his fiction, where civilization could be torn asunder in a heartbeat. Binns’ biography is detailed, sympathetic, and deeply insightful. It embraces his personal life as much as it describes his extraordinary…
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