John Wyndham was the best known pen name of the British science fiction writer John (Wyndham Parkes Lucas) Beynon Harris. His novels include The Day of the Triffids (to appear as a new BBC television adaptation in 2009), The Kraken. Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos and Chocky, all of which have been adapted for film and television. David Ketterer is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Concordia University, author of numerous books, including New Worlds for Old; The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction, and American Literature (1974), The Rationale of Deception in Poe (1979), Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy (1992), and Imprisoned in a Tesseract: The Life and Work of James Blish (1987). His authorised biography of Wyndham is due to be published in 2009. Andy Sawyer is Special Collections Librarian for Science Fiction at the University of Liverpool and co-editor of Speaking Science Fiction: Dialogues and Interpretations (Liverpool University Press, 2000).
Plan for Chaos is a proto-airport thriller that will certainly keep you turning the pages right to the end. BBC Focus Magazine 200906 As a never before published novel by John Wyndham, A Plan for Chaos, goes on sale Bidisha talks to science fiction writer China Mieville and Wyndham's biographer David Ketterer about how the book foreshadows one of his most popular works, Day of the Friffids and is a peculiarly nineteen-fifities look at the Nazis. Plan for Chaos by John Wyndham is published by Liverpool University Press on 15th May. BBC Radio 3, Night Waves
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