The disturbing post-apocalyptic novel The Chrysalids by John
Wyndham, author of The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes and
dramatised on BBC Radio 4. David Strorm's father doesn't approve of
Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies
against nature. Little does he realise that his own son, and his
son's cousin Rosalind and their friends, have their own secret
abberation which would label them as mutants. But as David and
Rosalind grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their
differences from the village elders. Soon they face a choice: wait
for eventual discovery, or flee to the terrifying and mutable
Badlands. . . The Chrysalids is a post-nuclear apocalypse story of
genetic mutation in a devastated world and explores the lengths the
intolerant will go to keep themselves pure. 'Perfect timing,
astringent humour. . . one of the few authors whose compulsive
readability is a compliment to the intelligence' Spectator 'Remains
fresh and disturbing in an entirely unexpected way' Guardian John
Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903, the son of a
barrister. He tried a number of careers including farming, law,
commercial art and advertising, and started writing short stories,
intended for sale, in 1925. From 1930 to 1939 he wrote short
stories of various kinds under different names, almost exclusively
for American publications, while also writing detective novels.
During the war he was in the Civil Service and then the Army. In
1946 he went back to writing stories for publication in the USA and
decided to try a modified form of science fiction, a form he called
'logical fantasy'. As John Wyndham he wrote The Day of the
Triffids, The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos
(filmed as Village of the Damned), The Seeds of Time, Trouble with
Lichen, The Outward Urge, Consider Her Ways and Others, Web and
Chocky. John Wyndham died in March 1969.
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