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Biography

Name: John (Wyndham Parkes Lucas) Beynon Harris
Variant Name: John Beynon Harris, John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, John Beynon, Lucas Parkes, John Wyndham, Johnson Harris
Birth Date: July 10, 1903
Death Date: March 10, 1969
Nationality: British
Gender: Male

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Biography of John (Wyndham Parkes Lucas) Beynon Harris
11,322 words, approx. 38 pages
For most of the 1950s and into the early 1960s, John Wyndham was one of the most widely read English writers of speculative fiction. His books were reviewed not only by the science-fiction publications of the time but by such periodicals as Kirkus...


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John Wyndham Information
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John Wyndham (July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969) was the pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic British science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris. In his earlier writings, Wyndham used various combinations of his names, such...


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Wyndham, John. The Kraken wakes.(Young adult review)(Audiobook review)
05/01/2008: 373 words, approx. 1 pages
WYNDHAM, John. The Kraken wakes. A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization. 2 cds. 1.5 hrs. BBC Audiobooks America. 1953/2007 978-0-7927-5412-1. $29.95. Vinyl; plot, author notes. SA This is an adaptation of a Wyndham SF novel, with a full cast of narrators. Though...
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Hotel & Motel Management
Wyndham International.
08/09/1999: 1,177 words, approx. 4 pages
With more than $2 billion in revenues, Wyndham International ranks fourth in revenue among the nation's hotel operating companies. Wyndham's portfolio of more than 300 hotels and resorts features upscale and luxury properties in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Europe....
 


Criticism and Essays
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Critical Essay by David Williams
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Science Fiction isn't generally my beaker of tea. I've always made an exception though for the work of the late John Wyndham. He's outstanding in the genre—out Bradburying even Bradbury who runs him close. Why? Chiefly because he sticks closer than most to planet Earth. Not for him those galactic encounters with thoughtful, sinister strangers possessing a good command of B-picture American English and a less good though willing acceptance of standard story-line requirements. Wynd...


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