We're back, with an episode about the great British SF writer John Wyndham. On many occasions we've found ourselves talking about his books - such as The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos - but now we attempt to do them justice with a closer look.
Items mentioned in today's show:
- Amy Binns' biographical study of John Wyndham, Hidden Wyndham, is reviewed here
- More about the John Wyndham books we discuss: Stowaway to Mars (1936), The Day of the Triffids (1951), The Kraken Wakes (1953), The Chrysalids (1955), The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Trouble with Lichen (1960).
- Visit the real-life Triffid Alley, London
- Listen to the faithful 1980s BBC radio drama version of The Chrysalids, adapted by Barbara Clegg
- Read about the modern TV adaptation of The Midwich Cuckoos
- The reader's guide to The Day of the Triffids
- The Locus Awards finalists have been announced, as have the Hugo Award finalists
- ...whereas the Nebula Award winners have already been declared
- The very first Hugo Award trophy (from 1953) was recently auctioned for a stonking $12,000!
- And Hugo's Hugo - the Hugo Award given to Hugo Gernsback - was also auctioned, raising a mre $6000.
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