John Wyndham

John Wyndham (pen name of John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris; also known as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes) is best known as the author of certain horror/science fiction works, including The Day of the Triffids (1951) and The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), which has been filmed as Village of the Damned (twice), and Chocky (1968), adapted to a TV series. Of particular interest to feminist SF studies, he also wrote Consider Her Ways (1961; adapted as an episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour") and Trouble with Lichen (1960).

His short story, Dumb Martian (1952) is noteworthy for the relationship between male and female characters.

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