![]() ![]() The Day of the Triffids ( 1951) concerns a catastrophe which leaves most of the human race blind, except for the protagonists whose eyes where protected from the light, and the giant Triffids (a species of plant-like mutants) who begin to take over the world. As the creator of what became known as the ‘cosy catastrophe’, in which ordinary people manage to survive a catastrophe or invasion (usually in a rural enclave), for a time Wyndham was the most popular post-war writer of British science fiction. Wells and Jules Verne, but he preferred to describe his own work as ‘logical fantasy’. ![]() ![]() He is best known as a writer of science fiction, having long been attracted to the works of H. His first science fiction story, ‘Worlds to Barter’ ( 1931), was by ‘John Beynon Harris’ his first novel, The Secret People ( 1935), by ‘John Beynon’ and a later work, The Outward Urge ( 1959), appeared as a ‘collaboration’ by ‘John Wyndham and Parkes Lucas’. Before the Second World War he wrote under variations of his full name in a variety of genres. He followed various occupations before embarking on writing as a career. British writer, born in Knowle, Warwickshire. ![]()
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