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Old 06-01-2025, 08:15 AM   #32271
Martinoptic
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Originally Posted by drofgnal View Post
Well The Chrysalids was a short read that I really enjoyed. After finishing the book I remembered the two movies from the early 60s Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned being also about telepathic children. I looked them up and sure enough they were based on a book by Wyndman as well, but these being more in the horror genre, so I won't read those.
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You might want to check out The Day of the Triffids, (also by John Wyndham), and also made into a film.

In my opinion, Wyndham is an author who moves beyond the limitations of genre.
I agree. Both interesting books as was Chocky, also by Wyndham. And there are also his scifi stories as John Beynon.
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