Talk:John Wyndham

message: I propose cleanup of this article, all detailed discussion of the individual novels should be shifted to their own pages.  We avoid having a spoiler message on this page.
PatGallacher 01:00, 2005 Feb 24 (UTC)
...in the process, secure for themselves a Savile Row wardrobe and a sporty roadster or two. Not really up to Wikipedia's usual high standards of writing, was it?
:I quite liked it, actually; admittedly,  chapter 5 of Triffids speaks of Bond St., not Savile Row.. I just created Cosy catastrophe – can we link there from here? –Hajor 19:44, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I removed Although many of his creations are famous, particularly the Midwich Cuckoos and the Triffids, the books themselves are not particularly widely read. from the introduction as it seems speculative and unsubstantiated.  Should this be reinstated?    Colonel Tom 01:20, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Books not widely read

message: I have added a few lines on the way that Wyndham portrays women in his writings. 
JohnT 04:45, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Role of women in Wyndham's writings 

message: I cannot find any material on Wyndham's brother mentioned in this article, and who was also allegedly a "successful writer". Any shining light on thus??
SBerner —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.253.131.85 (talk) 04:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vivian B. Harris?? 

message: We're told he was born in Trinidad, and his father was called Kumer - . What's the source for this? Is this why he was so painfully shy and dislkiked being photographed? Every other source says his dad waqs George, and he was bon in England. I'd love to know the details - migs 121.72.134.139 (talk) 05:37, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was fairly obvious this was vandalism, now reverted. PatGallacher (talk) 08:54, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who was Joh Wyndham's father? 

message: Location and cause? P Cezanne (talk) 19:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 15 years pass and still no information about his death. Perhaps he was abducted by aliens? Perhaps he only existed in novels?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.149.219.203 (talk) 21:44, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Death

message: What's the reason for detaching the ODNB ref from it's location where it's used, and putting it into reflist?  I hadn't realized you could do that, but I don't quite see why one would want to.  Leaving the ref at the location it's used makes it easier for someone to find and edit it, surely? Mike Christie (talk) 19:04, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've moved it back to the first use; if someone wants to put it back in the reflist please say why, as that's not a common way to use the tags. Mike Christie (talk) 13:06, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Detached reference 

message: This is not a joke.I'm a chinese guy ,and my English is not well .Maybe i can't explen this well .
when i saw the TV from the internet about  BBC The Day Of The Triffids,i was scared.Because it happened in my dream several  times before i saw the TV.
Now i'm 26 .I swear i don't see or know any thing about the writer and his book .It maybe 10 or 15 years ago.
In my dream  : it seems i was in he world , and i know people blind ,trees could move ,and they catch a lot people . Oh ,i saved several.I'm not blind.
I wander to know is it just a coincidence  or something else.This is not the only Strange thing happen to me .
If who has instrest,please connect me .
My email : zcm524663@163.com  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.237.113.31 (talk) 09:36, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  I want to talk with John Wyndham or who knows about this (The Day of the Triffids is a film edit by the book he write it ).I dreamed it  14 years ago ,maybe more .  

message: I think that the suggestion that the naming of “Triffid Alley” was “formal” over-eggs the pudding (it runs behind my flat, and is a gated, noisome, dark space for bins, not a thoroughfare, just out of interest for anyone who might wish to visit the location). As the article cited states, the placing of the memorial plate was done by enthusiasts, and doesn’t seem to have been sanctioned, instigated or adopted by the borough council, or any roads agency which is involved in the naming of roads, paths etc., and carries no official name plate (and has no currency with locals either, I’m afraid, on casual surveying of friends in the area). I think there may be a campaign with the council to have it “ratified” or made official, but it’s an informal designation at best. Jock123 (talk) 08:04, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The Triffid Alley sign was erected by the South End Green Association with the permission of the owner of the private property that the alley stands on. The local council were not involved in the naming as the alley is not a public thoroughfare. --NGP42 (talk) 23:21, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Triffid Alley… 

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message: John_Wyndham#Critical_reception contains the following (why under this heading, by the way?):
He also wrote several short stories, ranging from hard science fiction to whimsical fantasy.  A few have been filmed: Consider Her Ways, Random Quest, Dumb Martian, Jizzle (filmed as Maria) and Time to Rest (filmed as No Place Like Earth). [11] There is also a radio version of Survival.
[11] is a link to the IMDB page for Wyndham, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943909/ and there, no mention of either "Maria", "No Place Like Earth", "Jizzle" or "Time to Rest" can be found. Actually, "No Place Like Earth" is the name of one of the story collections listed  under John_Wyndham#Posthumously_published_collections here. About others, I don't know anything.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.172.129.119 (talk) 16:07, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filming information incorrect? 

message: Other than the image of the magazine that published his first story, it's weird to only see pictures of old pulp magazine covers that aren't representative of his major works. 174.21.69.179 (talk) 17:26, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The covers would fall under a non-free usage license, and although we could get away with a single use (probably Triffids, as it's his best known work) we wouldn't be able to use any others.  All the pulp covers have lapsed into PD, hence their use without fear of reprisal.  FWIW, I personally think the mid-nineties Penguin cover of Kraken is one of the best ever made:  Chaheel Riens (talk) 20:30, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why no images of Wyndham's actual, popular novels? 

message: Is the 2003 story really called 'Blackmoil'?  Could this be a typo for 'Blackmail'?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.38.84.70 (talk) 18:07, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short Stories 

message: As is stands, the section reads as if Aldiss had something nasty to say about Wyndham's work, and was effectively rebutted by the argument that lots of people perish in his novels. This is as may be, but an opportunity is lost for some more incisive literary criticism. Aldiss evokes a particular genre, of which W was perhaps the most notable or successful exponent of the time (along with Hoyle, Ballard, and in a somewhat diluted sense Aldiss himself). What is cozy is not the death count (or lack thereof), but the choice of a very private, often domestic, perspective on the planetary catastrophe; often coupled with an emphasis on the events that lead up to it. The earliest author I know of in the genre is HG Wells. The Wyndham work that parallels Wells's War of the Worlds most obviously might be The Kraken Wakes (which could be uncharitably characterised as The War of the Worlds meets The Good Life). The emotional centre in Triffids is the homestead where the narrator succeeds in re-establishing the domestic sphere. But the cosiest catastrophe is no doubt Chocky, which focusses on troubled youth Matthew and the affable concern shown by his parents, the narrator and his wife. Chocky turns out to be a scout of an alien civilisation that is not only in desperate need of a new planet, but also capable of taking ours without any resistance whatsoever: they are by far the most dangerous of all aliens or mutants in W's oeuvre. Chocky and his/her superiors think better of it and catastrophe is averted; it remains a vague threat behind the curtains of domesticity. (On a side note, it is perhaps notable that some foreign translators chose to bring this out more clearly in the title, which translated back into English reads Chocky: Space Scout on Earth.) 2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:F872:7767:8A74:4B6F (talk) 13:35, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cosy catastrophe