WYNDHAM, John.

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The Day of the Triffids. First edition, first impression, of this science fiction classic. In the same year, the story was serialized in five parts in Collier's magazine. The first book published by the author under his name instead of a pseudonym, The Day of the Triffids was an immediate success. It was adapted into a movie starring Howard Keel in 1963 and a BBC television series in 1981. "Wyndham's importance in the rebirth of British science fiction after the Second World War was second to none. His very English style ('the Trollope of science fiction', according to one reviewer), coupled with the Wellsian gift for exploring emotive ideas, brought him international success and encouraged others to strike out in the same way. Writers as diverse as John Christopher, Charles Eric Maine, J. G. Ballard, and Christopher Priest are in his debt. Indeed, it can be claimed that, however hesitatingly, Wyndham established a flourishing school of writers" (ODNB).

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