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Originally Posted by Timboli
Talking about Time & Dimensions, and a fantastic author from the Golden Age, one should mention the wonderful John Wyndham, who was a very natural progression on from Verne and Wells. My apologies if he has already been mentioned. I did not see him in the first few pages of this topic, and it has now become a lot to read and gone off on various tangents, some that interest me and some that don't.
John Wyndham stood out almost alone at that time, in being from England and not America, yet writing great Science Fiction ... not common amongst Brits at the time. |
Well rated in the 50's and today. Definitely belongs in a well-stocked SF library. His stories have been filmed almost as much as Phillip K. Dick.
Midwich Cuckoos has been filmed twice (1960 and 1995).
Day of the Triffids has been filmed twice. A movie in 1962 and a TV miniseries in 2009.
The Kraken Wakes (Aka, Out of the Deeps) takes a very different, yet logical approach to the alien invasion narratives. Earth is, after all, a water world. (Lots of radio adaptations.)
I prefer The Chrysalids (Aka, RE-BIRTH), though. Holds up extremely well after nearly 70 years. No video versions yet but there seems to be a trailer(?) from 2013 on youtube.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chrysalids
Edit: a whole bunch of trailers. Fan made the whole lot.
Apparently I'm not the only one that thinks it would make a good movie.