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The Midwich Cuckoos
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  • Published: 18 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141033013
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $28.00
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The Midwich Cuckoos

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18 Aug 2008
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18 Aug 2008
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8 Jan 2007
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Vibrant reissue of five of John Wyndham's most famous novels

In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone and everyone awakens unharmed - except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant.

The resultant children of Midwich do not belong to their parents: all are blonde, all are golden eyed. They grow up too fast and their minds exhibit frightening abilities that give them control over others and brings them into conflict with the villagers just as a chilling realisation dawns on the world outside . . .

The Midwich Cuckoos is the classic tale of aliens in our midst, exploring how we respond when confronted by those who are innately superior to us in every conceivable way.
  • Published: 18 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141033013
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $28.00
Categories:

About the author

John Wyndham

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903. He had a variety of careers before becoming an author, but decided to take up writing professionally in 1925. Under several pseudonyms, he wrote numerous short stories for American science fiction magazines. During World War II, he worked in the Ministry of Information before serving in the army, and took part in the Normandy landings. He returned to writing in 1946, using the pen name John Wyndham, and The Day of the Triffids was published in 1951. It was a huge success, and was followed by seven further novels. He died in 1969.
JW

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Praise for The Midwich Cuckoos

[Wyndham] continues to haunt the public imagination... and ask profound questions about the limits of our culture and the foundations of the post-war world

Guardian

Wyndham’s chef d’oeuvre... a graphic metaphor for the fear of unwanted pregnancies

Margaret Atwood

[Wyndham] singlehandedly invented a whole pile of sub-genres of science fiction. It’s as if... he was plugged in to the world’s subconscious fears and articulated them one by one

Jo Walton

Exciting, unsettling and technically brilliant

Spectator

Exciting, unsettling and technically brilliant

Spectator