John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was born in England on July 10, 1903 and became one of the country's most respected science-fiction authors. He used a number of pseudonyms derived from his name, including John Beynon, John Beynon Harris and Lucas Parkes, but he is best known today as John Wyndham. He sold his first story. "Worlds to Barter" to WONDER STORIES which was published in the May 1931 issue.
It was later in his career when he penned the classics "The Day of the Triffids" (aka "Revolt of the Triffids") (1951) and "The Midwich Cuckoos" (1957). "Cuckoos" was released as a motion picture in 1960 as VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED and remade by John Carpenter in 1995 and "Triffids" was made into a film and released by United Artists in 1963. It was adapted many times by radio, TV and other media.
Following are two articles that further discuss Wyndham's life and career. The first is from AMAZING STORIES (June 1964) written by noted author and science-fiction historian Sam Moskowitz. The second is from SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY (Vol. 1 No. 9, 1974).
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