Major works
The Day of the Triffids
The Kraken Wakes was published in the United States as Out of the Deeps.
The Chrysalids was published in the United States as Re-Birth, and was adapted as a BBC Radio 4 play in the early 1980s.
The Midwich Cuckoos has been filmed twice as Village of the Damned.
Trouble with Lichen
Chocky has been adapted as a Thames Television serial.
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. The Day of the Triffids remains his best-known work, but some of his readers consider that The Chrysalids was really his best.
He also wrote several short stories of variable content and quality, ranging from hard science fiction to whimsical fantasy. Of particular note are Consider Her Ways, The Wheel, Pillar to Post and Random Quest.
Sale Results
Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition , original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, minor restoration to foot of spine, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1951.
Sold for £700, Bloomsbury Auctions, 6th December 2007
Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition , original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 1951.
Sold for £1400, Bloomsbury Auctions, 8th March 2007
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