![]() ![]() All kinds of ethical dilemmas rising to the surface when the civilized inhabitants of Midwich come to realise that the Children must be annihilated before they begin to annihilate. For Wyndham’s aliens are in human form, children born of Midwich women, who are all impregnated during an invasion which lasts a mere 24 hours. I’ve read that I cried, an absolutely inappropriate feeling of achievement at the moment Wyndham’s main characters are despairing of their enemies and wishing for traditional aliens, aliens of the Martian, of the Wellsian kind. I was particularly gratified reading The Midwich Cuckoos when, despite the paucity of my knowledge, I spotted and understood the intertextual allusion the H G Wells’ The War of the Worlds. I’m delighted to say that I’ve enjoyed all of them without exception. Wells – The War of the Worlds, H G Wells – The Invisible Man, John Wyndham – The Chrysalids, John Wyndham – The Day of the Triffids and now John Wyndham – The Midwich Cuckoos. ![]() I can still count the number of sci-fi novels I’ve read on one hand. ![]()
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