“We do occasionally contemplate the once lordly dinosaurs, and wonder when, and how, our little day will reach its end.” John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos… more →
Quotes Webleisurelylady wrote 2 days ago: Published: Penguin Group Australia (2009) First Published: Michael Joseph (1955) ISBN: 978 0 141 045 … more →
jimmylemas wrote 1 month ago: The line I quoted in my last post is my favourite line from this book. Father and son, whose names w … more →
Dominique wrote 1 month ago: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham I loved this book, here’s my review of it. Water for E … more →
Teal Ceagh wrote 1 month ago: Don’t get me wrong. I love first person viewpoint. I really do. I think I fell in love with … more →
jessicabookworm wrote 1 month ago: Prompted by a list of books to read compiled by the BBC I decided I have not read enough classics. S … more →
jamblichus wrote 2 months ago: An artist's rendition of a Triffid John Wyndham’s classic sci-fi novel The Day of the Trif … more →
James Bradley wrote 3 months ago: While in Adelaide last Christmas, my partner Mardi and I had dinner with Sean Williams and his wife, … more →
Ben W wrote 3 months ago: I’m a huge fan of John Wyndham. Born in Knowle, Warwickshire, he spent most of his childhood i … more →
StuPC wrote 3 months ago: By the way, do people like the new look here? It was kind of an accident, in that I was looking to f … more →
Alex James wrote 4 months ago: When I was eighteen, fresh out of high school and still dawdling on the prospect of university, I to … more →
Michael wrote 4 months ago: By the time Janet had been five days in the hospital she had become converted to the idea of a domes … more →
Fearful Symmetry wrote 4 months ago: Documentary about the British science fiction writer, John Wyndham best known for The Day Of The Tri … more →
Joshua James LeJeune wrote 4 months ago: Word: aphorism [af-uh-riz-uhm] n. a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, a … more →
NexusZine wrote 7 months ago: John Wyndham, The Chrysalids. London: Penguin Books. John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids was one of the se … more →
Cannonball Jones wrote 9 months ago: How the sam hell did this pass me by? The BBC are remaking my childhood terror and one of the best s … more →
Jonathan McCalmont wrote 9 months ago: Based upon the 1995 novel Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira (literally Essay on Blindness) by the Portuguese N … more →
vkrippen wrote 9 months ago: This Thames TV adaptation of a novel by John Wyndham is about a twelve year old boy named Matthew Go … more →
The Cathode Ray Choob wrote 9 months ago: Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes has denied the rumours that have been flying for a few we … more →
bloginhood wrote 9 months ago: Grab your weed-whackers, folks, another take on John Wyndham’s “Day of the Triffids … more →