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...

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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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...