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John Wyndhami«Krüüsalised» on «Trifiidide päeva» (ek 1990, 2015) kõrval vaieldamatult autori olulisim romaan, mis räägib haarava loo postapokalüptilisest tuumakatastroofi järgsest maailmast, kus on levinud kõiksugused mutatsioonid, millesse aga suhtutakse äärmiselt negatiivselt: mutandid kuuluvadkas hävitamisele või agraarsest vaesuse piiril virelevast katastroofijärgsest ühiskonnast väljaheitmisele ning viljatule kõnnumaale saatmisele. Romaani peategelasteks on grupp lapsi, kes on varjatud mutandid, see tähendab telepaadid. John Wyndham on Teise maailmasõja järgse briti ulmekirjanduse ehk olulisim autor, tänu kellele ulme õieti jõudiski oma getost välja peavoolulugejateni, kes Wyndhami kirjeldatud inimlikud ja vägagi argised karakterid ja probleemid kiiresti omaks võtsid. Paljud kriitikud peavad «Krüüsalisi» John Wyndhami kõige olulisemaks romaaniks. Издательство: "Eesti digiraamatute keskus OU"
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John Wyndham
John Wyndham was the main
In his earlier writings, Wyndham used various other combinations of his names, such as "John Beynon" or "Lucas Parkes". For one of his books, "
Biography
Life
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was born in the village of
After leaving school, Wyndham tried several careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, but mostly relied on an allowance from his family. He eventually turned to writing for money in 1925, and by 1931 was selling short stories and serial fiction to American science fiction pulp magazines, most under the pen names of John Beynon or John Beynon Harris, though he also wrote some detective stories.
World War II
During the
Postwar
After the war Wyndham returned to writing, inspired by the success of his brother who had had four novels published. He altered his writing style and by 1951, using the John Wyndham pen name for the first time, had had written the novel "
The book proved to be an enormous success and established Wyndham as an important exponent of science fiction. He went on to write and publish six more novels under the name John Wyndham, all of which appeared in his lifetime. In 1963 he married Grace Wilson, whom he had known for more than 20 years. He moved out of the Penn Club in London, and the couple lived near
He died in 1969, which enabled much of his unsold work to appear. At the same time, a lot of his early material was also reprinted.
Major works
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* "Web" is a short novel that, although less well known, includes all his major themes.
The first four novels, written over a fairly short period in the 1950s, are widely regarded as the peak of his achievement.
He also wrote several short stories of variable content and quality, ranging from hard science fiction to whimsical fantasy. Of particular note are "
tyle
Most of Wyndham's novels have a contemporary 1950s English setting.
This approach by Wyndham (itself more than a little reminiscent of that taken by
Perhaps a reflection of his ideas are the similar characters he uses throughout his main novels. For example, in "Midwich Cuckoos", "Day of the Triffids" and "The Kraken Wakes", the main characters are a sensible man and woman. The similarities of these characters between the novels are great; a self-made educated man, a successful woman who is headstrong yet quite dependent on the man at times. These are a reflection of Wyndham's self-described style - that of "logical science fiction". In "Triffids", "Kraken", and "Midwich Cuckoos", the characters and settings are all very reasonable, sensible, and in some sense, properly English. This is the theme at the heart of these works: take the "sensible" and rational society we have now, and introduce one (or in the case of "Triffids", two) extraordinary factors. The works then take a very analytical approach to our reactions to these situations. The results are always grim, as we rational beings, most notably in "Kraken", at every step attempt to rationalize extraordinary situations into our present day view of our planet. In this sense Wyndham exposes our rationality as purely protective, and, in the end, detrimental. Only when no hope is left can we actually face facts - this is just when hope presents itself as one last flicker of the human potential.
When one considers the era in which John Wyndham was writing, he is remarkably pro-feminist, with much discussion within "
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Novels
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Posthumous novel
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Notes
External links
* [http://www.liv.ac.uk/~asawyer/wyndham.html The John Wyndham Archive] – Official Archive at the University of Liverpool
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,1347003,00.html "Guardian" article on John Wyndham]
* [http://spacetrader.org.uk/cp/wwport.htm "Portrait of Wyndham and Wells"] by Christopher Priest
* [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/78/ketterer78art.htm "Vivisection"] : Schoolboy "John Wyndham's" First Publication?
* Read [http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/wyndham/wyndham1.html "Consider her Ways"] online.
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadband/mediawrapper/consoles/thelostdecade/bb_rm_console.shtml?pack5-wyndham_4x3 Archive BBC TV interview of John Wyndham in 1960] Requires Realplayer
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* [http://www.booksellerworld.com/johnwyndham-bibliography.htm John Wyndham] bibliography of first editions
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John Wyndham — (* 10. Juli 1903 in Knowle bei Birmingham; † 11. März 1969 in London; eigentlich John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris) war ein britischer Science Fiction Autor. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke 2.1 … Deutsch Wikipedia
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John Wyndham — [John Wyndham] (1903–69) an English writer of ↑science fiction novels, including The Day of the Triffids (1951), The Chrysalids (1955) and The Midwich Cuckoos (1957). His b … Useful english dictionary
John Wyndham — Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, escritor británico, nacido el 10 de julio de 1903 en Knowle y fallecido en 1969. Hijo de un abogado, intentó varias profesiones (desde agritultor hasta tratante de arte o publicista) hasta que comenzó a escribir a… … Enciclopedia Universal